Meaning of Psych | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Psychology or psychiatry.
   informal, uncountable
2. A psychologist; a psychiatrist.
   countable, informal
3. A psychiatric hospital; psychiatric treatment.
   countable, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I took psych my freshman year in university.”

“She had attended a conference of psychs at which he had presided and they had taken a fancy to each other.”

“A fool who had never seen reality would think an old lady is harmless or weak. Perhaps the morons in the outside world believe an old lady locked-up in psych is akin to a sweet little grandmother, a poor old dear who is just a little confused.”

““I couldn’t stay in the psych. I had to get out, before Rudolf got to me. He is alive; he set me up,” I tell him, looking around, and trying to figure out why I’m not in prison or at the police station.”

“I still stood by my assessment that she should’ve checked into psych. Body dysmorphia was one thing but actually believing Barbie was a real person walking among us? That was a little too much.”

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