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psychosis
[ sahy-koh-sis ]
noun
- a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
- any severe form of mental disorder, as schizophrenia or paranoia.
psychosis
/ saɪˈkəʊsɪs /
noun
- any form of severe mental disorder in which the individual's contact with reality becomes highly distorted Compare neurosis
psychosis
/ sī-kō′sĭs /
, Plural psychoses sī-kō′sēz
- A mental state caused by psychiatric or organic illness, characterized by a loss of contact with reality and an inability to think rationally. A psychotic person often behaves inappropriately and is incapable of normal social functioning.
psychosis
- A severe mental disorder, more serious than neurosis , characterized by disorganized thought processes, disorientation in time and space, hallucinations , and delusions . Paranoia , manic depression, megalomania , and schizophrenia are all psychoses. One who suffers from psychosis is psychotic.
Word History and Origins
Origin of psychosis1
Word History and Origins
Origin of psychosis1
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Example Sentences
While these symptoms do not constitute a disorder diagnosed as psychosis, they can still be disruptive, distressing or detrimental to functional capacity.
You may eventually see that you’ve been bamboozled, or you may continue to descend into the mass psychosis gripping the American mind.
She also started hearing voices, a sign of psychosis that can result from severe postnatal depression.
Instead, he died after being violently extracted from his jail cell by guards while experiencing symptoms of psychosis.
At the time of the killings, he was likely to be suffering from postictal psychosis, a mental health condition after a seizure where the person can have aggressive outbursts, Prof Reuber said.
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