Psychical

Quick meaning: Psychical is an adjective meaning Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic.

Meaning

Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic.

More Meanings

1. (theology) Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit.
2. Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic.

Example Sentences

Who could say where the fleshly impulse ceased, or the psychical impulse began?

Even more perhaps than other kinds of genius, religious leaders have been subject to abnormal psychical visitations. Invariably they have been creatures of exalted emotional sensibility.

"Thus every form, every object, every external phenomenon," says Vignoli, "becomes vivified and animated by the intrinsic consciousness and personal psychical faculty of the animal itself.

"The physical body has rather been a source of pain and fatigue to us. It is the constant index of our limitations. Why then should we worry about its detachment from our psychical selves?" "If they can indeed be detached," Summerlee grumbled.

Synonyms for psychical

Depending on context, synonyms include mental, psychic, paranormal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include psychic, paranormal, mental, physically, psychological, psychiatric.

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