Body and Psyche

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Body noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.

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Psyche is an antonym for body.

Nearby Words: bodily, bod, bodied, bodying

Psyche noun - An immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power.

Usage example: disturbing, enigmatic paintings that seem to embody the psyche of this brilliant but troubled artist

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Body is an antonym for psyche in personality topic.

Nearby Words: psych, psychic, psychotic, psyched, psychical

human	human body	human psyche
mortal	mortal body	mortal psyche
female	female body	female psyche
high	high body	high psyche
Other adjectives: complete, original, empty, powerful, healthy, entire, real, male, black, main, beautiful, new, former, broken, unconscious, damaged, robotic.

Metaphorically, however, the Hedge of Thorns can stand for something that tears at the psyche as well as the body of anyone who tries to get through it (fairies often are linked to madness).

Source: The Hedge of Thorns
In Log Horizon, according to Ri Gan's Spirit Theory (which is based on the Chinese concept of hun and po, or kon and paku in Japanese), the soul is divided into psyche and animus; the psyche governing the person's personality and the animus the person's body.

Source: Anatomy of the Soul
The matador Dingo Inflagrante in Edgar Teglee's psyche dies while giving a speech to his beloved, and his entire body goes limp.

Source: He's Dead, Jim

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