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pseph ology /si'fDlad3i;
NAmE -'fail-/ noun [U] the study of how
people vote in elections ► pseph olo
gist
/si'fDlad3ist; NAmE -'fail-/ noun
pseud /su:d;
BrE also sju:d/ noun (BrE, informal, disapproving) a person who pretends
to know a lot about a particular subject in order to impress other people ±; pseud adj.
pseudo- /'suidau;
'sju:-; NAmE 'suidou/ combining form (in nouns, adjectives
and adverbs $ £ is], ® gij is]) not genuine; false or pretended jg65; fh
65; If W 65: pseudo-intellectual fS £6 iR ft 7 0 pseudo-science
pseudo nym /‘suidamm; BrE also 'sju:-/ noun a name used by sb,
especially a writer, instead of their real name % ; it & : She writes under a
pseudonym.
M ^ M 0 — compare pen-name
►
pseud-onym-ous /sui'dnmmas; sju:-; NAmE su:'da:n-/ adj.
PSHE
/,pi:
es eitj 'i:/ noun [U] the abbreviation
for ‘personal, social and health education’ (a subject taught in British
schools that deals with a person’s emotional and social development and
discusses such issues as health, sex, drugs and relationships with other
people) 7 A, ( 7^; A personal, social
and health
education, )
psi /psai;
sai/ noun the 23rd letter of the
Greek alphabet
(% i|/) 23 77#
p.s.L
/,pi: es 'ax/ abbr. pounds per square inch
(used for giving the pressure of tyres, etc.) Sg /
65M& )
psit ta cosis /.sita'kausis; NAmE -'kou-/ noun [U] (medical E) a disease of birds,
especially parrots, which causes pneumonia (= a disease of the lungs) in
humans
m, )
psoriasis /sa'raiasis/
noun [U] (medical @E) a skin disease
that causes rough red areas where the skin comes off in small pieces
psst /pst/
exclamation the way of writing the sound people say when they want to
attract sb’s attention quietly ( A&lil^W
) «r, "t:
Psst! Let’s get out now before they see us! ^ t dfadlMfEtk
3ijA&#JW7£"E!
PST
/.pi: es *ti:/ 1 abbr. Pacific Standard Time 2 provincial sales tax
(a tax that is added to the price of goods in some parts of
65 )
psych
/saik/
verb IJSliPi , psych sb^'out
(of sth) (informal) to make an opponent
feel less confident by saying or doing things that make you seem better,
stronger, etc. than them {£ ( MU ( )
,psych sb/yourself up
(for sth) (informal) to prepare
sb/yourself mentally for sth difficult or unpleasant A ( B«7'l£657 ) I’d got myself all
psyched up for the interview
and then it was called off at the last minute.
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—see also psyched
psy-che /'saiki/
noun (formal) the mind; your deepest feelings and attitudes j^.3&;
7'j^.; ff #; the
human psyche A 65 >(!' M 0
She knew, at some deep level of her psyche, that what she was doing was wrong. ft&fE
psyched /saikt/
adj. [not before
noun] (informal,
especially NAmE) excited, especially about sth that is going to happen mm®
psychedelia /.saika'didia/
noun [U] music, art,
fashion, etc. that is created as a result of the effects of psychedelic drugs (
&£|I5#Jff7f!T$H£65 )
psychedel ic /.saika'delik/ adj. [usually before noun] 1 (of drugs 15 #0
causing the user to see and heaf things that are not there or that do not exist
(= to hallucinate) 31 &
£1; # A
ff # 65
2 (of art,
music, clothes, etc. WA, M3£^) having bright
colours, strange sounds, etc. like those that are
experienced when taking psychedelic drugs psy chi at ric /.saiki'aetrik/ adj. relating to psychiatry or to mental illness ff # ^ 65; f# # ^ ^ 65: a psychiatric hospital/nurse
ff #/ ^IAM 0 psychiatric treatment
ff # M
?n ff 0 psychiatric disorders
fit # M
$L —
compare mental(2)
psych iatrist /sai'kaiatrist/ noun a doctor who studies
and treats mental illnesses ff # ^ ; ff #
psychiatry /sai'kaiatri/ noun [u] the study and
treatment of mental illness ff#^7; ff#^!^?? psy-chic /'saikik/ adj., noun
m adj. 1 (also less frequent psych ical /'saikikl/) connected
with strange powers of the mind and not able to be explained by natural laws A
7 i§ M 65 ; IS g 65 H771
paranormal :
psychic
energy/forces/phenomena/
powersmm-, m&mtim-, m&mmm-,
tl 0 psychic healing >6 M jp ff & 2 (of a person A)
seeming to have strange mental powers and to be able to do things that are not
possible according to natural laws A # # Is 65; il M 65: She claims to be psychic and helps
people to contact the dead. M S f-FAilMA, A-^j^E# A Mo 0 How am I supposed to know—
I’m not
psychic! !
3 (also less frequent psych ical) (formal) connected with the
mind rather than the body 7^.65; M$l65 ► psych-
ic-al-ly /-kli/ adv.
■ noun a person who claims
to have strange mental powers so that they can do things that are not possible
according to natural laws, such as predicting the future and speaking to dead
people ( g ) A ## 15 is 65
A, AiIHA65A
psy cho /'saikau; NAmE -kou/ noun (pi. -os)
(informal) a person who is
mentally ill and who behaves in a very strange violent way ff ff B #; f# ^ A ► psy-cho adj.
psycho- /'saikau; NAmE -kou/ (also psych-) combining form (in nouns, adjectives
and adverbs
ft] S'J i^I) connected
with the mind ff ff 65; 65;
^.65; 'll' Ji 65: psychology M ¥ o psychiatric ff ff ^
^65
psy cho active /.saikau'aektiv; NAmE -kou-/ adj. (technical A in) (of a drug 15)
affecting the mind A ff
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psy choana lyse (BrE) (NAmE -yze) /.saikau'senalaiz; NAmE -kou-/ (also ana-lyse, ana-lyze) verb [VN] to treat or
study sb using psychoanalysis •••ittffff %?T) ; - )
psy cho analy sis /.saikaua'nselasis; NAmE -koua-/ (also an-aly-sis) noun [U] a method of
treating sb who is mentally ill by asking them to talk about past experiences
and feelings in order to try to find explanations for their present problems
fff#:fr#f ( skff & ) ; 'll'Ji^fff ( ) ►
psy-cho-ana-lyt-ic /.saikau-
.aena'litik; NAmE -kou-/ adj. [only before noun] : a psychoanalytic approach ff psy-cho-ana-lyt*ic-
al-ly /-ikli/ adv.
psy cho-ana lyst /.saikau'aenalist; NAmE -kou-/ (also ana-lyst) noun a person who treats
patients using psychoanalysis ff#ff#f4^ ( ^cl£4 ) psy cho bab ble /'saikaubaebl; NAmE -kou-/ noun [U] (informal, disapproving) the language that
people use when they talk about feelings and emotional problems, that sounds
very scientific, but really has little meaning
i« s )
psycho-drama /'saikeudrccma; NAmE -kou-/ noun 1 a way of treating
people who are mentally ill by encouraging them to act events from their past
to help them understand their feelings Ji
JgiJ ff &, ff #
A
m£ ( aM*lMfmftmt#7t?[ie
) 2aPlayor film/movie that makes the minds and feelings of the
characters more important than the events
( f
SAtl'M )
psy cho kin esis /,saik0uki‘ni:sis;
-kai'n-; NAmE -kou-/ noun [U] the act of moving
an object by using the power