as in medium
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead
a celebrity psychic who managed to convince at least some people that their deceased loved ones were using him to relay messages
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as in mystical
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as in telepathic
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Recent Examples of psychic
Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
Seeking out witches, psychics, mediums, or other purveyors of magic or mysticism during times of change or uncertainty has been happening for centuries.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
Jenelle Riley, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Essay Graceland Sarah Nicole Prickett American Vogue's creative director as romantic heroine, who dyes the sea blue and consults a cat psychic.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The canyon has long been considered sacred by Native people and, more recently, holy by pilgrims and unique by New Age mystics and psychics who believe in its spiritual powers.
—Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
Seeking out witches, psychics, mediums, or other purveyors of magic or mysticism during times of change or uncertainty has been happening for centuries.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
Adjective
The psychic was a mixed bag — my friend and several others raved about how spot-on and specific their readings were.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Essay Graceland Sarah Nicole Prickett American Vogue's creative director as romantic heroine, who dyes the sea blue and consults a cat psychic.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychic
Noun
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As did the Biden administration, the White House and ICE are selectively releasing numbers to news media rather than publishing them, declining to provide them to USA TODAY, for instance, while releasing some to Reuters late Friday.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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His family told Israeli media he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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My relationship to the holy has been in the spirit of that kind of mystical movement.—
Jason Parham,
WIRED,
14 Feb. 2025
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Trying to decode that spirit's mystical mumbo jumbo into actionable intelligence is a key part of your effort against the Dreamscourge.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Nibert loved the free-thinking spirit of the village and its college.—
Keith BieryGolick,
Cincinnati.com,
28 Aug. 2019
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Credit Gus Malzahn for being proactive and thinking long-term in choosing his starting quarterback.—
Creg Stephenson | cstephenson@al.com,
al,
22 Aug. 2019
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Back at the White Tower, Verin Sedai (Meera Syal) has arrived to have a chat with these channelers Nynaeve and Egwene she's heard so much about.—
Alex Raiman,
EW.com,
15 Sep. 2023
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Male channelers, on the other hand, seem to have gotten some upgrades.—
Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson,
Ars Technica,
29 Sep. 2023
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Founded on the ethos of art as a form of mystic healing, the label reimagines the family heirloom—and invites its patrons to examine their relationship with objects.—
Nia Shumake,
Essence,
3 Feb. 2025
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Healy Lake members have long considered their dogs to be mystic companions, according to Combs.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2024
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Her tales of power-hungry telepaths and erotic alien encounters are now canonical, in science fiction and beyond.—
Stephen Kearse,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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This is the film that launched a million Fangoria subscriptions, its troubled telepaths diving into vein-popping psionic warfare.—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Oct. 2024
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Given the baroque language of the text, not to mention the metaphysical events within the narrative itself, Dieter’s exact exploits remain open for interpretation.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 Feb. 2025
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As in Dante, the metaphysical landscape is taken seriously and is carefully documented, as if the reader might someday go there and need to know the rules.—
Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Like many others living next to the flood channel, Diaz worked in construction, but could not find steady work.—
Nathan Solis,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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When Manchester City were able to progress the ball down Liverpool’s inside right and left channels, Van Dijk and Konate were able to cover each other.—
Andy Jones,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Psychic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychic. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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