psychic

Hellseher, Hellseherin

Jemand, dem man zutraut, Dinge durch besondere Kräfte statt durch gewöhnliche Sinneswahrnehmung zu wissen.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone believed to know things through unusual powers rather than through ordinary senses.

• She visited a psychic.
• The psychic predicted a change in his life.
• Do you believe psychics can read minds?

Synonyme: clairvoyant

Häufige Wendungen: consult a psychic, a famous psychic

Medium

Jemand, von dem man glaubt, dass er mit verstorbenen Menschen sprechen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone believed to be able to communicate with people who have died.

• The psychic claimed to hear spirits.
• They asked a psychic to contact their dead father.
• Several psychics offered messages from deceased relatives.

Synonyme: medium

Häufige Wendungen: a psychic medium, visit a psychic

übersinnlich, hellseherisch

Mit angeblichen Kräften verbunden, die verborgenes Wissen oder zukünftige Ereignisse ohne gewöhnliche Sinneswahrnehmung zugänglich machen.

In einfachem Englisch: Having or involving powers to know hidden things or future events without using ordinary senses.

• She claims to have psychic powers.
• His psychic abilities supposedly helped him find lost objects.
• Are you psychic, or did someone tell you?

Synonyme: clairvoyant, extrasensory

Häufige Wendungen: psychic powers, psychic abilities, psychic reading