psyche
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++psy·che /ˈsaɪki/ noun [countable usually singular] technical or formal MPsomeone’s mind, or their deepest feelings, which control their attitudes and behaviour 心灵；灵魂，精神 Freud’s account of the human psyche 弗洛伊德对人类心理的描述 A characteristic of the feminine psyche is to seek approval from others. 女性心态的一个特征就是寻求他人的认同。
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psyche• The war in Vietnam still lingers in the American psyche.• What quirk of the feminine psyche had been responsible for that decision?• the fragile psyche of a teenager• They also hint that perhaps there is some hidden carrot symbol hidden deep in the human psyche.• Freud has provided an account of the human psyche's different stages of development.• Lots of confrontation between liberated psyches, lots of free associating.• Kennedy and Nixon are less memorable for specific achievements than for what they did for our politics and national psyche.• The need for love is deeply buried in our psyche.• I've pursued him down the disappearing paths of my own psyche.• The psyche begins a few strides behind third base.• It is a pity we so deform plastic minds and so cripple young psyches.• First, you must expand your psyche to accommodate the bigger and better.the human psyche• Not just his psyche, but the human psyche throughout time.• They also hint that perhaps there is some hidden carrot symbol hidden deep in the human psyche.• Upon a wilderness of ocean the human psyche makes a reckoning with its own essential loneliness.• We certainly need to continue our investigations; to advance ideas; to plumb the mysterious depths of the human psyche.• While this may be true, we should remember the fragility and plasticity of the human psyche.• Instead we have quite enthusiastically lapsed into a chronic dualism where the whole emotional side of the human psyche has been suppressed.Origin psyche (1600-1700) Greek “breath, life, soul, mind”psy·che nounChineseSyllable
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psyche
psy‧che /ˈsaɪki/
noun [countable usually singular] technical or formal
Freud’s account of the human psyche
A characteristic of the feminine psyche is to seek approval from others.
▪ mind what you use to think and imagine things: My mind was full of big ideas. | I never know what's going on in her mind. | At the back of my mind I had the funny feeling that I’d met her somewhere before. | The same thoughts kept going through my mind and I couldn’t get to sleep.
▪head the place where someone’s mind is – use this especially when talking about the thoughts that are in someone’s mind: I can't get him out of my head. | You need to get it into your head that you've done nothing wrong. | To keep myself calm, I counted to ten in my head. | She’s so quiet – you never quite know what’s going on inside her head (=what she is thinking).
▪subconscious the part of your mind that influences the way you think or behave, even though you may not realize this is happening, and which makes you have dreams: She suddenly remembered a traumatic incident that had been buried deep in her subconscious. | During the daytime our conscious minds are active, but during the night the subconscious takes over.
▪psyche formal someone’s mind, especially their feelings and attitudes, and the way these influence their character - used especially when talking about people's minds in general: The need for love is deeply buried in our psyche. | Freud has provided an account of the human psyche's stages of development. | The child is simply searching his psyche to find some past event that relates to his new experiences.
▪mentality a particular way of thinking that a group of people have, especially one that you think is wrong or bad: I just don't understand the mentality of these people. | They all seem to have a kind of victim mentality, which makes them think that the world is permanently against them.
▪the ego technical the part of your mind that gives you your sense of who you are - used especially in Freudian psychology: the rational world of the ego and the irrational world of the unconscious
psy‧che /ˈsaɪki/
noun [countable usually singular] technical or formal Date: 1600-1700
Language: Greek
Origin: 'breath, life, soul, mind'
someone’s mind, or their deepest feelings, which control their attitudes and behaviour:Language: Greek
Origin: 'breath, life, soul, mind'
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