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psyche

Dictionary definition · Psyche

noun

  1. (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
  2. that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason"his mind wandered"
  3. the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).