PSYCHE Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

psyche

noun

ˈsī-kē

Definition of psyche

as in soul

an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power disturbing, enigmatic paintings that seem to embody the psyche of this brilliant but troubled artist

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flesh

as in mind

the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons a novel that explores the psyche of a depressed teen

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Recent Examples of psyche He was obsessed with Hemingway and was his major biographer in Cuba, and had great access to parts of Hemingway’s life and psyche. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 Yet despite Almaty’s urban spread, the steppe is never too far away—nor is its indelible imprint on the Kazakh psyche. — Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026 Yamamoto’s performance was a gut punch and a psyche-rattling blow for the Dodgers. — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 In both the book and the movie, Jack Torrance (Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Duvall) and their son, Danny (Danny Lloyd) move to a mountain resort in Colorado, where Jack’s psyche soon unravels. — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for psyche

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Noun

Against the backdrop of seemingly endless violence, artists banded together and dabbled in soul, disco, and jazz as a salve to their suffering.

— Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
After Esther’s soul-searching decision to separate, the third season of the show, now streaming, tracks the fallout of their life apart.

— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of soul

Noun

These are songs that iterate and elevate minor party fouls into dramas of symphonic proportion, arrangements that articulate the heightened emotions churning inside anxious minds.

— Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
Several opinion polls show that rising costs of living are top of mind for voters ahead of the elections.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of mind

Noun

In the spirit of B-movie icons like Roger Corman, the film was shot in four days for $40,000 in order to celebrate Chris LaMartina’s 40th birthday.

— William Earl, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
In that spirit, three articles offering guidance across the course of a woman’s life were published Monday in Circulation.

— Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of spirit

Noun

The 2020s have been full of young artists whose brains were rewired by E+E, Chuquimamani-Condori’s early alias for sputtering patchworks of Latin electronica, and revel in semioblitz bliss.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
The cause was complications of a benign brain tumor removed eight years ago, his wife and longtime NPR news producer Neenah Ellis told the New York Times.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of brain

Noun

When he was fatally shot, Kridner and Abernathy said Garza had raised the golf club above his head and swung it toward Kridner.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Betsy Smith, the head of the Central Park Conservancy, the nonprofit which operates the park, cheered the passage of the bill.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

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