A Quick and Simple Dictionary

psyche

1. Proper noun.  (Greek god, Roman god) a girl loved by Cupid (or Eros), and who later became a goddess.
2. Proper noun.  In late Greek art and literature, a goddess who is the personification of the soul; she is primarily known for her role in the story of Cupid and Psyche, best attested in Apuleius' novel The Golden Ass.
3. Proper noun.  16 Psyche, an asteroid.
4. Proper noun.  Psychidae, or bagworms, a family of Lepidoptera.
5. Noun.  The human soul, mind, or spirit.
6. Noun.  (context, chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
7. (abbreviation) .  psychology.
8. Interjection.  (non-gloss definition, Used abruptly after a sentence to indicate that the speaker is only joking.) .
9. Verb.  (transitive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.
10. Verb.  (transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.
11. Verb.  (transitive, informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.