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# psyche

«psyche» in Mova's school dictionary: **your mind and soul — your thoughts, feelings and the deep…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a psyche, psyches); proper noun (Psyche)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Your psyche is your mind and soul — your thoughts, feelings and the deep part of who you are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/#m1)

2) (myths) In Greek myths Psyche was a beautiful young woman who fell in love with Cupid (Eros) and became a goddess of the soul. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/#m2)

3) (slang, "psych") Different word: to psych someone out or get psyched up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and lessons on feelings, the psyche is the inner self; a frightening event can "leave a mark on her psyche". Psychology, the study of the mind, comes from the same Greek word. In space news, Psyche is also a metal-rich asteroid and the NASA mission to it.

### examples

- The scary film stayed in my psyche for days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/#x1)
- Bullying can hurt a person's psyche, not just their body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/#x2)
- Writers try to show the psyche of their characters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/#x3)
- In the myth, Psyche had to complete hard tasks to win back Cupid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/#x4)
- Psychology is the study of the human psyche. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/#x5)
- NASA sent a spacecraft to the asteroid Psyche. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/#x6)
- Winning the game was good for the team's psyche. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/#x7)
- "The Psyche within can never die. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/#x8)

### note

Say "SY-kee" — two syllables, the final e is spoken; the p is silent. Do not confuse with "psych" (one syllable, "syke"): "I'm psyched" (slang) means excited. Countable but usually singular.

### In the corpora

- [Some asteroids are dark and rich in carbon, some are stony, and a few are mostly metal, like the asteroid Psyche.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «psyche» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psyche/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.