People who claim to have special mental powers to know things about the future or read minds beyond normal perception.
From Greek 'psychikos' meaning 'of the soul' or 'mental,' derived from 'psyche' (soul, mind). The modern sense developed in the 19th century with spiritualism movements.
The word 'psychic' comes from 'psyche' (the same root in 'psychology' and 'psychiatry'), but while those scientific fields study the mind with evidence, psychics claim abilities that science hasn't been able to verify—making it one of English's most disputed word categories!
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