psychic blindness
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psychic blindness — The term psychic blindness is indebted to the Greek noun psuchè (life breath, spirit, soul, mind). It was used by the French internist Hippolyte Bernheim (1840 1919) to denote a perceptual response that may occur during hypnosis, after the… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
psychic blindness — noun see blindness … Useful english dictionary
Psychic — Psy chic, Psychical Psy chic*al, a. [L. psychicus, Gr. ?, fr. psychh the soul, mind; cf. ? to blow: cf. F. psychique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man. [1913 Webster] Note: This term was formerly used to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blindness — 1. Loss of the sense of sight; absolute b. connotes no light perception. SEE ALSO: amblyopia, amaurosis. 2. Loss of visual appreciation of objects although visual acuity is normal. 3 … Medical dictionary
Psychical blindness — Psychic Psy chic, Psychical Psy chic*al, a. [L. psychicus, Gr. ?, fr. psychh the soul, mind; cf. ? to blow: cf. F. psychique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man. [1913 Webster] Note: This term was formerly… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blind spot — Synonyms and related words: ablepsia, amaurosis, atmospheric attenuation, atmospherics, authoritarianism, benightedness, bigotry, blaring, blasting, blind side, blind spots, blinders, blindfolding, blinding, blindness, blurring the eyes, cataract … Moby Thesaurus
blinding — Synonyms and related words: ablepsia, absolute, amaurosis, bedazzling, benightedness, bleeding, blessed, blind side, blind spot, blindfolding, blindness, blinking, blooming, blurring the eyes, bright, bright and shining, brilliant, cat and… … Moby Thesaurus
cataract — Synonyms and related words: Niagara, ablepsia, amaurosis, benightedness, blepharitis, blind side, blind spot, blindfolding, blinding, blindness, blurring the eyes, cascade, cataclysm, cecity, choroiditis, chute, collapse, come down, comedown,… … Moby Thesaurus
darkness — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, ablepsia, adiaphanousness, age of ignorance, amaurosis, amorphousness, barbarism, benightedness, benightment, blackishness, blackness, bleakness, bleariness, blind side, blind spot, blindfolding, blinding,… … Moby Thesaurus
glaucoma — Synonyms and related words: ablepsia, amaurosis, benightedness, blepharitis, blind side, blind spot, blindfolding, blinding, blindness, blurring the eyes, cataract, cecity, choroiditis, conjunctivitis, cross eye, darkness, defective vision,… … Moby Thesaurus
