": one of the biblical hymns collected in the Book of Psalms",
": a sacred song or poem",
": one of the hymns that make up the Old Testament Book of Psalms"
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"\u02c8s\u00e4m",
"\u02c8s\u00e4lm",
"\u02c8s\u022fm",
"\u02c8s\u022flm",
"\u02c8s\u00e4m",
"\u02c8s\u00e4lm"
],
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"anthem",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"spiritual"
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"examples":[
"after the sermon we sang a brief psalm",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The more psalm -like accompaniments outweigh the purpler prose. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Notes includes a wide range of comedy genres, spanning Lennon Parham\u2019s holy psalm to Target to Karen Chee\u2019s bullet-point list of reasons why her mom is calling. \u2014 Sarah Moroz, Vulture , 2 July 2021",
"Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern read a psalm at the service, which was attended by several hundred mourners including Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard. \u2014 Nick Perry, Star Tribune , 21 Apr. 2021",
"The Salvadoran migrant has held onto Jill Biden\u2019s words like a psalm . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Adapting structural innovations from Liszt\u2019s then-recent B minor Piano Sonata, Reubke\u2019s organ sonata is a Lisztian tone poem dramatizing the psalm \u2019s verses. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 23 Nov. 2020",
"Moscow: Three people have been arrested after a church held a maskless psalm singing event in a city hall parking lot in violation of the town\u2019s mask order. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2020",
"Books of Hours are breviaries, or a selection of prayers and psalms taken from long prayer books used by monks. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 28 Jan. 2020",
"The temple will also hold singing, psalms , Torah study, healing services, office hours, and story time for children through Zoom calls. \u2014 David Tarrant, Dallas News , 6 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English psealm , from Late Latin psalmus , from Greek psalmos , literally, twanging of a harp, from psallein to pluck, play a stringed instrument",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
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},
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": being apparently rather than actually as stated : sham , spurious"
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"\u02c8s\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
],
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"affected",
"artificial",
"assumed",
"bogus",
"contrived",
"factitious",
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"false",
"feigned",
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"mechanical",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"plastic",
"pretended",
"put-on",
"sham",
"simulated",
"spurious",
"strained",
"unnatural"
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"artless",
"genuine",
"natural",
"spontaneous",
"unaffected",
"uncontrived",
"unfeigned",
"unforced"
],
"examples":[
"Here at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, you have your heads of state, your foreign ministers, your titans of business, your intellectuals ( pseudo and real)\u2014but you also have Sharon Stone, Angelina Jolie, and Richard Gere. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger , National Review , 28 Feb. 2005",
"Freemasonry, intensely popular in the eighteenth century, had inherited from earlier pseudo Egyptology a fascination with pyramids and hieroglyphs, but it defanged the occult into something harmless enough to go on the back of the great seal of the sunny-side-up American republic. \u2014 Simon Schama , New Yorker , 8 Oct. 2001",
"\u2026 whoever is deceived by the pseudo activity under Mussolini is deceived by the spasmotic last jerk of a corpse. \u2014 F. Scott Fitzgerald , letter , 19 Apr. 1925",
"the pseudo friendliness of a salesperson trying to sell you something",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a lot of gruesome pseudo -medical procedures going on, including a shot of someone\u2019s mouth being stitched up that will haunt our dreams. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The new exiles formed various pseudo -state structures around her. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The NFTs can be seen as a pseudo -war bond, where people can invest in the certificates of ownership for the digital assets as a debt-security. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The parents and activists have organized through a new group called Bonds for the Win, which is named for a financial instrument at the heart of the pseudo -legal effort. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The film has a pseudo -literary construction, built, as a title card declares, in twelve chapters plus a prologue and an epilogue. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The Utes will host Cal on Sunday at the Huntsman Center, before tackling an intriguing non-conference opportunity Wednesday vs. TCU on a pseudo -neutral floor at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Evidently, Fisher had moved on: the fibreglass ribs of a pseudo -Gothic pavilion were scattered on the grass near the swimming pool, awaiting construction. \u2014 Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
"But given time, dark fantasy came to describe novels set in a pseudo -mythological past that was, for all intents and purposes, godless. \u2014 Nicholas Pompella, National Review , 7 Aug. 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172952"
},
"psycho":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a deranged or psychopathic person"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8s\u012b-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
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"bug",
"crackbrain",
"crazy",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
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"examples":[
"He plays a drug-dealing psycho in the movie.",
"a story based on a real-life psycho who had serious mother-son issues",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Where the history of drug development has been astonishingly haphazard, and our grasp of brain function is disturbingly low-level, the history of psycho -pharmaceutical marketing has been clever and effective. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
"There\u2019s no battered babysitter, no psycho stalker, no trope-y \u201980s clich\u00e9s in sight\u2014except for those being completely slashed and reimagined by their director. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
"Affleck smile-grimacing his way through an everyday rich guy/closet- psycho routine for two hours also counts for\u2026 something. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Also complicating the play\u2019s psycho -social dynamics is image-conscious, self-actualizing Davey (a riveting Brandon J. Dirden), Darren\u2019s morally righteous baseball bud and a trigger that leads to tragic consequences. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
"In the name of psycho -thermal research, G\u00f3mez Mil\u00e1n has put study volunteers into tense imaginary situations. \u2014 Jessica Wapner, The New Yorker , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Another, a young psycho who calls himself ZoomGnat, has been up for two days straight on Adderall and Red Bull and has driven from Texas without stopping. \u2014 Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The Miz became a total Hellraiser, JoJo Siwa killed as a sinister Pennywise clown and Cody Rigsby went psycho as Patrick Bateman. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Among them were avowed white supremacists, neoNazis, anti-government nuts, psycho militia groups and other far-right extremists. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"short for psychopath ",
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"1942, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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": of or relating to psychology",
": mental",
": directed toward the will or toward the mind specifically in its conative function",
": of or relating to psychology or the mind",
": relating to, characteristic of, directed toward, influencing, arising in, or acting through the mind especially in its affective or cognitive functions",
": directed toward the will or toward the mind specifically in its conative function",
": relating to, concerned with, deriving from, or used in psychology"
"a psychological rather than a physical condition",
"suffered from psychological disorders all of his life",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, and Chris Hemsworth star in this psychological thriller. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 12 June 2022",
"Bette Davis and Joan Crawford play formerly famous sisters engaged in a vicious, decades-long sibling rivalry in 60th anniversary screenings of this 1962 psychological thriller. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Darren Aronofsky\u2019s psychological thriller Black Swan catalyzed the popularity of ballet flats, wrap tops, bodysuits, and leg warmers in the 2010s. \u2014 Hannah Jackson, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
"The six-episode psychological thriller features an appearance from Liotta, who died on May 26. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"Worry Darling, the psychological thriller feature film directed by his partner Olivia Wilde. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 7 June 2022",
"Based on the 1983 novel by the same name, this psychological thriller reminds us that even the most picture-perfect love stories have their secrets behind closed doors. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
"After the trial, Tyler was sent to [a] lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. \u2014 Michelle Toh, Nectar Gan, And Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
"After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum [sic] receiving psychological treatment. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201845"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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": of or relating to psychology",
": mental",
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": relating to, characteristic of, directed toward, influencing, arising in, or acting through the mind especially in its affective or cognitive functions",
": directed toward the will or toward the mind specifically in its conative function",
": relating to, concerned with, deriving from, or used in psychology"
"a psychological rather than a physical condition",
"suffered from psychological disorders all of his life",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, and Chris Hemsworth star in this psychological thriller. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 12 June 2022",
"Bette Davis and Joan Crawford play formerly famous sisters engaged in a vicious, decades-long sibling rivalry in 60th anniversary screenings of this 1962 psychological thriller. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Darren Aronofsky\u2019s psychological thriller Black Swan catalyzed the popularity of ballet flats, wrap tops, bodysuits, and leg warmers in the 2010s. \u2014 Hannah Jackson, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
"The six-episode psychological thriller features an appearance from Liotta, who died on May 26. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"Worry Darling, the psychological thriller feature film directed by his partner Olivia Wilde. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 7 June 2022",
"Based on the 1983 novel by the same name, this psychological thriller reminds us that even the most picture-perfect love stories have their secrets behind closed doors. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
"After the trial, Tyler was sent to [a] lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. \u2014 Michelle Toh, Nectar Gan, And Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
"After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum [sic] receiving psychological treatment. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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},
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"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a mentally unstable person",
"a person having an egocentric and antisocial personality marked by a lack of remorse for one's actions, an absence of empathy for others, and often criminal tendencies",
"a person having an egocentric and antisocial personality marked by a lack of remorse for one's actions, an absence of empathy for others, and often criminal tendencies",
"declared that he was a dangerous psychopath who needed to be locked up",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Isabella must put herself to the test physically and emotionally to survive a psychopath who is stalking and killing the retreat guests. \u2014 al , 5 June 2022",
"However, the word psychopath doesn\u2019t necessarily mean criminal. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 4 June 2022",
"The Seven is headed up by Homelander (Antony Starr), a violent and unstable psychopath disguised as the All-American hero. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 17 May 2022",
"Ruth is about to turn into a murderous psychopath against Javi over his killing of her cousin, Wyatt. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Writer and creator Catherine Tate plays multiple characters from Laura Willis, the Governor who believes creativity leads to rehabilitation, to Big Viv, the psychopath lifer. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Not every show will have a couture-wearing psychopath , but read on to find your next favorite series. \u2014 cleveland , 13 Apr. 2022",
"In Euphoria, Dane plays the very problematic father of teen psychopath Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi). \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Danny is a notorious criminal and a psychopath , though quick-witted and charming for all that. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 8 Apr. 2022"
": of, relating to, marked by, or affected with psychosis",
": exhibiting or suggestive of mental or emotional unsoundness or instability",
": of, relating to, marked by, or affected with psychosis",
": a psychotic individual"
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"pronounciation":[
"s\u012b-\u02c8k\u00e4-tik",
"s\u012b-\u02c8k\u00e4t-ik"
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"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
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"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"examples":[
"He was diagnosed as psychotic .",
"a psychotic patient who was recently admitted",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Behavioral Analysis Unit evaluating 63 active shooters between 2000 and 2013 found that a quarter of the perpetrators were known to have been diagnosed with any kind of mental illness, and just 3 of the 63 had a verified psychotic disorder. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Long-acting drugs are helping to stabilize many thousands of them for weeks or months, doctors said, reducing the risk of relapse or psychotic episodes that could require hospitalization. \u2014 Julie Wernau, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"The Adventures of Lyle Swann (1982), a former Vietnam War tunnel rat in Ted Kotcheff\u2019s Uncommon Valor (1983) and a rumpled cop who battles a psychotic criminal (Alec Baldwin) and loses his dentures in George Armitage\u2019s Miami Blues (1990). \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"Newsom has focused CARE Court on those suffering from psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, and people who lack medical decision-making capacity. \u2014 Hannah Wileystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Psychedelics can be destabilizing for people who\u2019ve had psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, and potentially for people with bipolar or borderline personality disorder. \u2014 Olivia Goldhill, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In Portugal, researchers observed a 29-fold increase in hospitalization for psychotic disorders in the 15-year period after decriminalization. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"According to the suit, Miller, who has experience in handling psychotic patients in the emergency room, alerted the DCFS hotline twice and got no response. \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"An episode in which Ford collapses into a semi- psychotic episode from her pain, strong medications and alcohol while her children are home is devastating, but Pfeiffer keeps Ford from becoming a caricature of an addict. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204016"
},
"pshaw":{
"type":[
"interjection"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of pshaw \u2014 used to express irritation, disapproval, contempt, or disbelief"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sh\u022f"
],
"synonyms":[
"ah",
"aha",
"come on",
"fie",
"indeed",
"my word",
"no",
"well",
"what",
"why"
],
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"examples":[
"pshaw ! anyone else could have done that job in half the time that it took her"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1607, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-194801"
},
"psych (up)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally I have to psych myself up before every swimming competition"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131453"
},
"psyche":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a princess loved by Cupid",
": soul , personality",
": the totality of elements forming the mind (see mind entry 1 sense 2 )",
": the id , ego , and superego including both conscious and unconscious components",
": the specialized cognitive, conative, and affective aspects of a psychosomatic unity : mind",
": the totality of the id, ego, and superego including both conscious and unconscious components",
"[Greek psych\u0113 ]"
],
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"\u02c8s\u012b-k\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u012b-(\u02cc)k\u0113"
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"spirit"
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"examples":[
"some hidden corner within your psyche",
"disturbing, enigmatic paintings that seem to embody the psyche of this brilliant but troubled artist",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The dichotomy is a stunning example of how to animate the psyche . \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Nike has managed to maintain its dominant place in the global psyche . \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Committee sources viewed Ivanka Trump and Kushner as sometimes helpful and at times frustrating, according to multiple advisers - but particularly useful in understanding Donald Trump's psyche . \u2014 Josh Dawsey, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"But the ongoing war has revealed something more deep-seated in Putin\u2019s psyche : a narrative of mythic destiny that supersedes any geopolitical imperative and which has set Russia on a bloody collision course with the West. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Her voice opens the film and occasionally returns throughout, giving us insight into Ali\u2019s skittishness and tortured psyche . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"Our files, photos, and music appear magically across multiple devices, much like the Greek psyche , which could, through the mysterious work of transmigration, manifest in different physical bodies after its host had died. \u2014 Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Fame has its burdens, some of which can be cruel to the psyche . \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Both of those teams are tied up into the psyche of Cleveland. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, from Greek psych\u0113 soul",
"first_known_use":[
"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164657"
},
"Pshavian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to the Pshav"
],
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"-\u00e4v\u0113\u0259n"
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193635"
},
"psychasthenia":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective or noun",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a neurotic state characterized especially by phobias, obsessions, or compulsions that one knows are irrational",
": a neurotic state characterized especially by phobias, obsessions, or compulsions that one knows are irrational"
"history_and_etymology":" Psyche , beloved of Eros + English -an ",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-091239"
},
"psychal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": psychical"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u012b-k\u0259l"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"psych- + -al"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151019"
},
"psi":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet \u2014 see Alphabet Table",
": parapsychological psychic phenomena or powers",
"pounds per square inch",
": relating to, concerned with, or being parapsychological psychic events or powers",
": psi events or phenomena"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u012b",
"\u02c8ps\u012b",
"\u02c8s\u012b",
"\u02c8s\u012b"
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"Noun (1)",
"Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Late Greek, from Greek psei",
"Noun (2)",
"probably by shortening & alteration from psychic"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1942, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-220724"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of a mountain people of the Caucasus"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8(p)sh\u00e4v",
"-\u00e4f"
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-155825"
},
"psychedelia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the world of people, phenomena, or items associated with psychedelic drugs",
": psychedelic music"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u012b-k\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113l-y\u0259"
],
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"examples":[
"the tie-dyed fashions of psychedelia",
"music ranging from jazz to disco to '60s psychedelia",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Black psychedelia was among the 20th century\u2019s boldest experiments in using art to reopen questions about power and identity in this world. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Another option: journeys through undulating, hyper-colorful pieces of art, beautifully rendered works of geometry and psychedelia . \u2014 Matt Fuchs, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a lot of wondrous genre-blending on Connecticut stages coming up \u2014 bands that mix punk with psychedelia , or bluegrass with jazz, or folk with funk. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Pioneers of folk-rock, psychedelia and country-rock in the 1960s, The Byrds helped create the template for the Americana music movement that followed. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Late Nite Records contains a hefty selection of rock, garage-rock and psychedelia from the \u201860s onward. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The fabrics ranged from \u201870s psychedelia and \u201960s florals, to '50s-era rockabilly animal prints and Renaissance fair Celtic velvets. \u2014 Chiara Barzini, Vogue , 25 Feb. 2022",
"An article on Page 116 about Black psychedelia refers to the funk singer and songwriter Betty Davis. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Folky and folksy, her pleasant style pervades all 12 tracks, along with the alluring and disarming production from Jonathan Wilson that adds a feel of psychedelia . \u2014 Jon Schwartz, SPIN , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from English psychedelic"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-183018"
},
"psychagogue":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a believer in or practicer of psychagogy"
],
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"\u02c8s\u012bk\u0259\u02ccg\u00e4g"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Greek psychag\u014dgos leading souls to the lower world, from psych- + ag\u014dgos leading, from agein to lead"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-024851"
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"psychagogic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": attractive , persuasive , inspiring",
": of or relating to psychagogy"
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"Greek psychag\u014dgikos , from psychag\u014dgia persuasion, winning of souls + -ikos -ic"
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": to analyze or figure out (something, such as a problem or course of action)",
": to make psychologically uneasy : intimidate , scare",
": to make (someone, such as oneself) psychologically ready especially for performance",
"psychology",
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"Verb",
"He was trying to psych himself before the race.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Backing him up is some truly energizing post-hardcore, which emulates the melodic heaviness of \u201890s greats like Helmet or Quicksand \u2014 and will psych you up for a stagedive like little else this year. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 7 June 2022",
"From hotline to psych hospital, the focus is on risk management. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"There's no real preparation to like pump myself up or psych myself out for those kind of scenes. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 24 Mar. 2022",
"In previous seasons with this exact scenario, T.J. will call the players down to psych them out before saying the elimination is canceled. \u2014 Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Dane paces back and forth, trying to psych himself up to pick up the sword \u2014 which Marvel comics fans know will bestow him with great power and long life, but at the cost of Dane\u2019s eroding sanity and innate goodness. \u2014 Adam B. Vary, Variety , 5 Nov. 2021",
"However, King said her efforts to psych out her opponents don\u2019t impact her own performances. \u2014 Michelle R. Martinelli, The Indianapolis Star , 20 July 2021",
"Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista also spoofed the incident, taking a minute to psych himself up like a boxer preparing for battle before ultimately finding the courage to take a one-handed sip. \u2014 Mike Miller, EW.com , 22 June 2020",
"Later at Big Cat Rescue, she was psyched there was a snow leopard at that sanctuary. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 17 Apr. 2020"
],
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"Verb",
"by shortening",
"Combining form",
"Greek, from psych\u0113 breath, principle of life, life, soul, from psychein to breathe; akin to Sanskrit babhasti he blows"
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"abbreviation"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090335"
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": to analyze or figure out (something, such as a problem or course of action)",
": to make psychologically uneasy : intimidate , scare",
": to make (someone, such as oneself) psychologically ready especially for performance",
"psychology",
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": psychological methods",
": brain",
": mental and",
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"\u02c8s\u012bk"
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"He was trying to psych himself before the race.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Backing him up is some truly energizing post-hardcore, which emulates the melodic heaviness of \u201890s greats like Helmet or Quicksand \u2014 and will psych you up for a stagedive like little else this year. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 7 June 2022",
"From hotline to psych hospital, the focus is on risk management. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"There's no real preparation to like pump myself up or psych myself out for those kind of scenes. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 24 Mar. 2022",
"In previous seasons with this exact scenario, T.J. will call the players down to psych them out before saying the elimination is canceled. \u2014 Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Dane paces back and forth, trying to psych himself up to pick up the sword \u2014 which Marvel comics fans know will bestow him with great power and long life, but at the cost of Dane\u2019s eroding sanity and innate goodness. \u2014 Adam B. Vary, Variety , 5 Nov. 2021",
"However, King said her efforts to psych out her opponents don\u2019t impact her own performances. \u2014 Michelle R. Martinelli, The Indianapolis Star , 20 July 2021",
"Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista also spoofed the incident, taking a minute to psych himself up like a boxer preparing for battle before ultimately finding the courage to take a one-handed sip. \u2014 Mike Miller, EW.com , 22 June 2020",
"Later at Big Cat Rescue, she was psyched there was a snow leopard at that sanctuary. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 17 Apr. 2020"
],
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"by shortening",
"Combining form",
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},
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],
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"alteration (influenced by psi ) of pseudofructose , from pseud- + fructose":""
": of, relating to, or being drugs (such as LSD) capable of producing abnormal psychic effects (such as hallucinations) and sometimes psychotic states":[],
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": imitating, suggestive of, or reproducing effects (such as distorted or bizarre images or sounds) resembling those produced by psychedelic drugs":[
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"\u2026 the \"rainbow newspaper\" of San Francisco that burst onto the psychedelic scene in 1966 \u2026",
"\u2014 Don Lattin",
"\u2026 speaking of stereotypes, the illustrations reject any hint of a '60s psychedelic style \u2026",
"\u2014 Steven Heller"
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},
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"\u02ccs\u012b-k\u0259-\u02c8de-lik",
"\u02ccs\u012b-k\u0259-\u02c8del-ik"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Then there\u2019s ketamine, a Schedule III substance that is not typically seen as a genuine psychedelic . \u2014 Nikesha Elise Williams, SELF , 25 May 2022",
"And while it's said that the song is written from the perspective of someone struggling with depression after loss, the song has seemingly transcended the emo story line with a lasting foothold in the psychedelic . \u2014 Derek Scancarelli, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Clinical studies on psychedelics test use of the drugs in combination with therapy, usually before and after taking the psychedelic , and with a therapist available while patients are high. \u2014 Olivia Goldhill, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"One fascinating example is the Sonoran Desert toad, which is often discussed as an ancient psychedelic . \u2014 Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone , 7 Jan. 2022",
"And with a year to go before the implementation deadline, the Oregon Health Authority is working to develop a system to administer the psychedelic in therapeutic settings in the state. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Studies have found that a single dose of a psychedelic can have lasting positive effects. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"With a little more time, these abstractions may edge toward something like the art of Fred Tomaselli, who pushes abstraction into the cosmic and the psychedelic . \u2014 New York Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
"This fall, the federal government granted researchers funding to study the therapeutic potential of a classic psychedelic for the first time in 50 years. \u2014 Madison Margolin, Rolling Stone , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Three additional trials of MDMA and synthetic psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, are scheduled to begin later this year at clinics in Portland and San Diego. \u2014 A.j. Herrington, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Chappelle remembers wanting to get Saget\u2019s attention at Mayer's house by putting psychedelic mushrooms in a cappuccino maker. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"Last year, Oregon became the first state to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Interestingly, Kasson and other researchers have also found evidence of psilocybin\u2014the psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms\u2014in another Massospora species that only infects annual cicadas in the western U.S. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 27 May 2021",
"Possessing small quantities of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, LSD, MDMA (ecstasy) or psilocybin (the psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms) will be a civil violation carrying a small fine that can... \u2014 Jacob Gershman, WSJ , 4 Nov. 2020",
"Tame Impala\u2019s Kevin Parker, the ringleader of the psychedelic indie-rock band, , has been more active recently. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Where local psychedelic rock band 13th Floor Elevators had played would stand another 13-floor, bland layer-cake office building, One Texas Center. \u2014 Steve Ditlea, SPIN , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The psychedelic Australian band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, whose members are mostly in their late 20s, is requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for its April 11 concert. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Mar. 2022"
],
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"irregular from psych- + Greek d\u0113loun to show, from d\u0113los evident; akin to Sanskrit d\u012bdeti it shines, Latin dies day \u2014 more at deity":"Noun"
},
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"1956, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1957, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
