psychic

Universal Words adjective, noun adjective 1 (also less frequent psychical ) connected with strange powers of the mind and not able to be explained by natural laws: psychic energy / forces / phenomena * psychic powers * psychic healing * psychical research (= research into strange powers and events) 2 (of a person) seeming to have strange mental powers and to be able to do things that are not possible according to natural laws: She claims to be psychic and helps people to contact the dead. * How am I supposed to know-I'm not psychic! 3 (also less frequent psychical) (formal) connected with the mind rather than the body psychically adverb noun a person who claims to have strange mental powers so that they can do things that are not possible according to natural laws, such as predicting the future and speaking to dead people