📖 Definitions of "Psych"
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Psychology or psychiatry.
"a psych class"
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A psychologist; a psychiatrist.
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To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).
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To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).
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To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
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Psychedelic.
"curtains with psych colors"
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Psychiatric.
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Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor. Also sike.
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An interjection of surprised happiness.
"Psych! I just found my missing bracelet!"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Psych"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| psychiatricnoun | Of, or relating to, psychiatry. |
| psychologistnoun | An expert in the field of psychology. |
| therapistnoun | Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally. |
| psychoanalystnoun | A practitioner of psychoanalysis. |
| psychiatristnoun | A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry. |
| psychiatrynoun | (medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions. |
| psychological | Relating to the mind and behavior or to the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity. |
| psychologynoun | (uncountable) The study of the human mind. |
| mentalnoun | (relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality. |
| shrinkverb | (intransitive) To become smaller; to contract. |
| emotionalnoun | Of or relating to the emotions. |
| analystnoun | Someone who analyzes. |
| psychonoun | (chiefly derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane. |
| asylumnoun | A place of safety or refuge. |
| installverb | (transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use |
| gotchanoun | An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception. |
| psychiatricsnoun | The field of psychiatry. |
| psychol.noun | Abbreviation of psychology. [(uncountable) The study of the human mind.] |
| psychenoun | The human soul, mind, or spirit. |
| psychonomynoun | (dated) The psychology of human behaviour. |
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