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Psyche
Psyche
can refer to:
In
psychology
and related fields, the
psyche
is the entirety of the non-physical aspects of a person.
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
.
A
Greek
word (also spelled
Psykhe
or
Psukhe
) which means either "
soul
" or "
butterfly
".
16 Psyche
, an
asteroid
.
Psychidae
, or Bagworms, a family of
Lepidoptera
.
Psyche
, a
Gothic
band
.
An album by British band
Ant and Dec
.
A code name for
Red Hat Linux
8.0.
Greek word for "soul." Most often used in the field of psychology. Root of the word psychology which would literally mean "study of the soul." Psyche can also be the "mind" but is most often used in reference to the immaterial human "soul."
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