psyykkinen

Psyykkinen is a Finnish adjective meaning related to the mind or psyche. It is used to describe mental processes, psychological aspects, or phenomena believed to involve the mind. The term is formed from the root psyche and the standard Finnish adjectival suffix -inen. In everyday language it can convey both neutral psychological senses and more colloquial or paranormal nuances, depending on context.

In usage, pysykkinen can appear in phrases such as pysykkinen hyvinvointi (psychological well-being), pysykkinen stressi (psychological stress), or pysykkinen kyky (psychic ability). In many contexts, especially formal writing, the more common term for strictly psychological matters is psykologinen. Pysykkinen tends to carry connotations beyond ordinary psychology when applied to paranormal or unexplained aspects, such as pysykkinen ilmiö (psychic phenomenon) or pysykkiset kyvyt (psychic powers).

In academia, parapsykologia is the field that studies alleged psychic phenomena, while mainstream psychology focuses on empirically supported explanations using psykologia and psyykkinen terminology appropriate to scientific discourse. The scientific consensus generally regards claims of psychic abilities as unproven or lacking robust evidence, and psyykkinen is not itself a scientific designation but a descriptive term that can appear in discussions of mental or paranormal topics.

See also: parapsykologia, psykologia, psykologinen.