psyche

psyche /psy·che/ (si´ke)

1. the human faculty for thought, judgment, and emotion; the mental life, including both conscious and unconscious processes; the mind in its totality, as distinguished from the body.

2. the soul or self.psy´chic

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psy·che (sk)

n.

The mind functioning as the center of thought, emotion, and behavior and consciously or unconsciously mediating the body's responses to the social and physical environment.

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psyche,

n nonphysical attributes of a being, such as the soul and the mind. See also life force.