psyche
精神
definition
noun
a Hellenistic personification of the soul as female, or sometimes as a butterfly. The allegory of Psyche's love for Cupid is told in The Golden Ass by Apuleius.
translation of 'psyche'
noun
精神
example
One profession deals with the conundrums of the human 'psyche' through talking therapies like psychoanalysis or cognitive behavioural therapy.
With the mitzvah of counting the 49 days, known as Sefirat Ha'Omer, the Torah invites us on a journey into the human 'psyche' , into the soul.
Hindu society has been the meeting point as well as the melting pot of as many spiritual visions as the human 'psyche' is capable of springing up spontaneously.
What is indisputable is that psi phenomena are related to mental events: they implicate the 'psyche' , or the mind of individuals.
Not everyone who endures a traumatic experience is scarred by it; the human 'psyche' has a tremendous capacity for recovery and even growth.
the Irish 'psyche'
The result of this imbalance is to frustrate the natural desire of the human 'psyche' , thereby placing the individual in a perpetual state of angst and glowering fury.
I will never really fathom the female 'psyche'
I will never really fathom the female 'psyche'
Virtually all cult systems develop some view of what happens to the human spirit or 'psyche' after death.
Joyce may be difficult, but the diligent reader is rewarded with an astonishingly bold and enlightening glimpse into the inner workings of the human 'psyche' .
What did Charles Darwin have to say about crying because he certainly gave some attention to the emotional makeup of the human 'psyche' ?
Music is something that exists in the ether, if you like, yet has this huge impact on the human 'psyche' , heart and soul.
Paul Schrader has made a career out of exploring the darker side of the human 'psyche' , of exposing obsessive characters who seem hell-bent on self-destruction.
According to commentators, through the eating of the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, the tendency to do evil was internalized within the human 'psyche' .
The human 'psyche' believes that only pleasurable objects can bring happiness, and thus it attempts to magnetize them and all kinds of Others into its sphere.
Something in the human 'psyche' wants to enthuse in the company of like-minded people.
But as a psychologist what fascinated him was what he saw as the highest achievement of the individuation principle - the human 'psyche' in its fullest possible development.
But the mind, the 'psyche' , the soul struggles to find itself again and to situate itself in a world whose features have been altered by disaster.
Just as the oppositional relationship of the self begins with the polar structure of the 'psyche' , so every human being is connected to the archetype of the woman and mother.
In a rapidly changing digital world, where many are stretched and stressed, we need to come to terms with the effects of such stress and pressure on the human 'psyche' .
The mind, the 'psyche' , the soul, the spirit - call it what you will - also has to be returned to some sort of equilibrium.
In fact how we behave at Christmas says all sorts of interesting things about our collective and individual 'psyches' : the need the belong, to be part of the community, the psychology of altruism, the art of lying.
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