antipsychic

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English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ psychic.

Adjective

antipsychic (comparative more antipsychic, superlative most antipsychic)

  1. Opposing psychics.
    • 1987, Ingo Swann, Natural ESP: The ESP Core and Its Raw Characteristics, page 198:
      America, so long possessed by a dominant antipsychic and anti-ESP consensus among its mainstream scientists, indeed would have a problem should this prove true.
    • 1989, Ray Hyman, The elusive quarry: a scientific appraisal of psychical research:
      This would probably take less effort and no more space than Science's present antipsychic campaign. Evaluating such work under normal scientific procedure also includes sincere attempts to replicate.