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Psychical is an English word with synonyms like psychic or mental. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Psychical in a sentence

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Psychical | Psychically

Psychical meaning

  1. Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic.
  2. Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit.
  3. Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic.

Synonyms of Psychical

psychic mental paranormal

Related words

Other words often associated with Psychical or its synonyms:

intellectual physical normal feature supernormal noetic knowledge sensory psychological clairvoyant unnatural genial

Using Psychical

  • The main meaning on this page is: Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic. | Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit. | Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic.
  • Useful related words include: psychic, mental, paranormal.
  • In the example corpus, psychical often appears in combinations such as: psychical research, for psychical, and psychical.

Context around Psychical

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 14 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

two 1× new 1× early 1×

Often after:

research 19× researchers 1× researcher 1× phenomenon 1× violence 1× disposition 1×

Sentence patterns with Psychical

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a new psychical disposition where 1× dispute with psychical researchers associated 1× history early psychical research henry 1× hypnotism and psychical research 1766 1× interest in psychical research such 1× level two psychical violence disruptive 1× of other psychical research organisations 1× organic and psychical phenomenon have 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

proceedings of the 2× animal magnetism early 1× early spr members 1× freud presented his 1× he came into 1× history early psychical 1×

Common sentence endings:

1 150 57 1× 12 45 115 1× an annotated bibliography 1× and obsessive wish 1× bennett prosecuting said 1× blumer s work 1×

Words around Psychical

Just before it in the word index:

psychic 324 psychiatry 258 psychiatrists 168 psychiatrist 306 psychiatrie 3 psychiatrically 5

Just after it in the word index:

psychically 11 psychics 27 psychidae 2 psychistry 3 psycho 188 psychoacoustic 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

abra 34 accies 34 accommodative 34 acerbic 34 achebe 34 actualise 34

Corpus analysis for Psychical

  • In this selection, "psychical" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, two, new, early, research, researchers and researcher stand out and add context to how "psychical" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a new psychical disposition where and dispute with psychical researchers associated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "psychical" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with psychical

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Searchlight on Psychical Research. (4 words)

Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 38: 49-71. (10 words)

Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research 12: 45-115. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Hutchinson, p. 37 He held an interest in parapsychology and was an early member of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), he was not convinced of spiritualism but remained open to the possibility of supernatural phenomena. (36 words)

Report on the Census of Hallucinations, London: Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. X. which suggested approximately 10% of the population had experienced at least one hallucinatory episode in the course of their life. (36 words)

The captain decided to turn back to due to the 'level two psychical violence disruptive passenger incident' and it landed back at Terminal 3 ten minutes after taking off, Hayley Bennett prosecuting, said. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

He came into dispute with psychical researchers associated with the Society for Psychical Research who were searching for genuine cases of telepathy.

Presidents The following is a list of presidents: Other societies A number of other psychical research organisations use the term 'Society for Psychical Research' in their name.

Psychical Research: A Guide to Its History, Principles and Practices: In Celebration of 100 Years of the Society for Psychical Research.

Psychical researcher Eric Dingwall wrote regarding the early formation of the Society for Psychical Research, "Myers, among others..

Reference to interaction between organic and psychical phenomenon have virtually disappeared in Blumer's work.

The captain decided to turn back to due to the 'level two psychical violence disruptive passenger incident' and it landed back at Terminal 3 ten minutes after taking off, Hayley Bennett prosecuting, said.

The year 2018 must witness a new psychical disposition where Nigerians must stop expecting meaning out of nothing.

Animal Magnetism, Early Hypnotism, and Psychical Research, 1766–1925 – An Annotated Bibliography.

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Early SPR members like Henry Sidgwick and Frederic W. H. Myers hoped to cling to something spiritual through psychical research.

Freud presented his first systematic statement of his hypotheses about unconscious mental processes in 1912, in response to an invitation from the London Society of Psychical Research to contribute to its Proceedings.

History Early psychical research Henry Slade with Zöllner In 1853, the chemist Robert Hare conducted experiments with mediums and reported positive results.

Hutchinson, p. 37 He held an interest in parapsychology and was an early member of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), he was not convinced of spiritualism but remained open to the possibility of supernatural phenomena.

Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 38: 49-71.

K. Paul, Trench, Trübner. pp. 8-9 Trevor H. Hall an ex-member of the Society for Psychical Research criticized SPR members as "credulous and obsessive wish..

Organisations like the Society for Psychical Research has published research on the topic.

Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research 1: 150-57.

Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research 12: 45-115.

Psychologists who shared an interest in psychical research such as Théodore Flournoy and William James were influenced by Myers.

Report on the Census of Hallucinations, London: Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. X. which suggested approximately 10% of the population had experienced at least one hallucinatory episode in the course of their life.

Searchlight on Psychical Research.

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Common combinations with psychical

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "psychical" in a sentence?
An example: "He came into dispute with psychical researchers associated with the Society for Psychical Research who were searching for genuine cases of telepathy." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "psychical" from authentic English texts.
What does "psychical" mean?
Psychical means: Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic.
What are synonyms of "psychical"?
Common synonyms of "psychical" include: psychic, mental, paranormal.
How many example sentences with "psychical" are there?
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