metapsychic
/ˌmɛtəˈsaɪkɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being or pertaining to something (for example, telepathy) that is outside the realm of orthodox psychology, or (more broadly) beyond scientifically-explainable psychic (mental) abilities (compare metaphysical, supernatural).
Example Sentences
- "REALITY AND TRUTH by Professor T. D. A. [...] Reality may be conceived of as having three aspects, the know- able or scientific, the imaginable or metaphysic, and the unimaginable or metapsychic."
- "Research in these matters is of special concern for a Christian, because metapsychic phenomena have often been lumped together with Christian miracles by those who have studied them."
- "Such a development would be a metapsychic phenomenon. On my asking Stella for the name of one of the women who tended my infancy, she replied, “Melanie.” I was not thinking of Melanie, and I am most positively sure that this name [...] has never been uttered by me. In this case I am obliged to infer a metapsychic phenomenon."