psyche

Noun
  1. That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions;
    The seat of the faculty of reason (synset 105619057)
    "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
    is a type of: cognition, knowledge, noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
    subtypes:
    • noddle - an informal British expression for head or mind
    • tabula rasa - a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke)
    • ego - (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind
    • unconscious, unconscious mind - that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
    • subconscious, subconscious mind - psychic activity just below the level of awareness
    same as: brain, head, mind, nous
  2. The immaterial part of a person;
    The actuating cause of an individual life (synset 110646444)
    is a type of: spirit - the vital principle or animating force within living things
    subtypes: ghost - the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
    same as: soul
  3. (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him;
    Became the personification of the soul (synset 109600779)
    referred to in: greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
    is an instance of: mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable

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