psyches

Souls, essentially speaking

Psyches is the plural of psyche, the human mind or soul—the inner self that thinks, feels, and experiences.

Psychology takes its name from this concept.

The word often appears when discussing mental states collectively: The psyches of trauma survivors require careful treatment.

War damages the psyches of everyone involved.

To psyche someone out is to unnerve them through psychological tactics.

mind

consciousness

State of sentient awareness

perception · thought · reasoning · memory · mentality · understanding · imagination · ego · subconscious · unconscious

psychology

Freudian

Of unconscious-mind theory

unconscious · archetypes · complexes · neurosis · defense mechanisms · repression · projection · transference · ego · libido

soul

spirit

Soul, mood, or liquor

spirituality · transcendence · ethereal · aura · karma · reincarnation · enlightenment · metaphysical · immortality · afterlife

Opposites
mind-body dualism

psychesbodies

Physical structures of organisms

somas · flesh · physiques · matter · anatomies

inner vs. outer reality

psychesexternal world

Reality beyond one's consciousness

physical reality · environment · surroundings · externalities · objective reality

inner vs. outer existence

psychesexteriors

Outer parts of structures

surfaces

Phrases
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psychic, psyche, psychology, psycho, psychologist, psychological, psychopath, psychosis, psychiatry

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