psychic death

noun

A stage in which a dying person begins to accept their death and as a result, withdraws from others and regresses into the self.

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Meanings

nounpsychic death (countable and uncountable, plural psychic deaths)

plural psychic deaths

  1. countableuncountableanalytical psychologyhuman sciencesA stage in which a dying person begins to accept their death and as a result, withdraws from others and regresses into the self.
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APA

psychic death. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychic%20death

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“psychic death.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychic%20death. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychic death,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychic%20death.

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