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- [sahy-koh-sis]
- /saɪˈkoʊ sɪs/
- /saɪˈkəʊ.sɪs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sahy-koh-sis]
- /saɪˈkoʊ sɪs/
Definitions of psychosis word
- noun plural psychosis a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality. 1
- noun plural psychosis any severe form of mental disorder, as schizophrenia or paranoia. 1
- noun psychosis serious mental illness 1
- variable noun psychosis Psychosis is mental illness of a severe kind which can make people lose contact with reality. 0
- noun psychosis any form of severe mental disorder in which the individual's contact with reality becomes highly distorted 0
- noun psychosis a major mental disorder in which the personality is very seriously disorganized and contact with reality is usually impaired: psychoses are of two sorts, a) functional (characterized by lack of apparent organic cause, and principally of the schizophrenic, paranoid, or bipolar type), and b) organic (characterized by a pathological organic condition such as brain damage or disease, metabolic disorders, etc.) 0
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Origin of psychosis
First appearance:
before 1840 One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50, psychosis is from the Late Greek word psȳ́chōsis animation, principle of life. See psych-, -osis
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Parts of speech for Psychosis
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psychosis popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for psychosis
noun psychosis
- asininity — the quality or state of being asinine; stupidity
- craziness — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- insanity — the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.
- irresponsibilities — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
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