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Psyche

A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.

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Cognition 76% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

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Knowledge 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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Spirit 76% connected

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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Ego 76% connected

The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed…

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Ghost 76% connected

The spirit; the soul of man.

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Noddle 76% connected

The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.

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Subconscious 76% connected

Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.

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Unconscious 76% connected

Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, a…

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Brain 92% connected

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Head 92% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mind 92% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Nous 92% connected

Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

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Soul 92% connected

Sole.

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