- a variation of psych.
psyche
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"Psychedelic means 'psyche-revealing,' or making the psyche visible," said senior author Robin Carhart-Harris, PhD, the Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor of Neurology at UCSF.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
With a legendary call that namechecked Churchill, Thatcher and Princess Diana, a Norwegian broadcaster carved out a permanent spot in the fragile psyche of English soccer forever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
For four seasons, we watched The Bear’s family of choice choose the second way, even as Carmy’s psyche remains mired in disorder.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
That the ’70s American psyche, brutalized by Watergate and Vietnam, found solace in Castaneda’s sophistry isn’t surprising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Odessa High won the state championship that year, which became one of those events that was remembered in the psyche of the town forever, as indelible as Neil Armstrong landing on the moon.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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Only those stubbornly ignorant to the human cost of actual combat would be psyched to bring on more of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
If you’re anything like me, you’re psyched for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer’s epic poem.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
The SNL actor said his hosts were "psyched" he wore a kilt and he "had the best dinner ever".
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
Twenty-five years after their first album, both brothers are comfortable — psyched, even — to find their band in such an unlikely mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
It was the first A Jack got in any class all year long, so he was psyched.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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Of course, there are limits to taking a Panglossian attitude and psyching ourselves up in the face of challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
"I knew how toxic it can be. You're psyching yourself up for it, so to hear that you aren't going to need it is just unbelievable," she says.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2023
Clever on and off the court, Medvedev enjoys psyching out his opponents not only with his combination of impenetrable defense and sneaky offense but with his needling comments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2022
“Every day I get into my car, every day I decide to step out of my house, it’s a psyching up that I have to do to myself,” Ourlicht said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2020
He tries not psyching himself into thinking Delilah is calling and his heart races when he reads her name.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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