Psychic is a synonym of diviner.
As nouns the difference between psychic and diviner
is that
psychic is a person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influence while
diviner is one who foretells the future.
As an adjective psychic
is relating to the abilities of a psychic.
psychic Noun
( en noun)
A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influence.
A person who supposedly contacts the dead. A medium.
(gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
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Adjective
( en adjective)
Relating to the abilities of a psychic.
- You must be psychic - I was just about to say that.
- She is a psychic person - she hears messages from beyond.
Relating to the psyche.
* 1967 , , The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise
- A pathological process called 'psychiatrosis' may well be found, by the same methods, to be a delineable entity, with somatic correlates, and psychic mechanisms
Related terms
* psychical
* psychological
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diviner English
Alternative forms
* devynour, divinour (qualifier); divinor (obsolete)
Noun
( en noun)
One who foretells the future.
One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.
Synonyms
* (one who foretells the future) foreteller, fortune-teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer
* (one who searches for underground water) water diviner, dowser
Derived terms
* diviner's sage
* water diviner
Related terms
* see divine
Anagrams
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