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psychosis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /saɪˈkoʊsɪs/ (General-American)
• /saɪˈkəʊsɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From psych- + -osis. Not descended from Ancient Greek ψύχωσις (psúkhōsis, “animation, principle of life”), which is a piecewise cognate.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
   • Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death. 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:

Forms

Deriveds

psychotic · micropsychosis · chatbot psychosis · neuropsychosis · disintegrative psychosis · metapsychosis · wendigo psychosis · prison psychosis · monopsychosis · antipsychosis · Korsakoff's psychosis · nutmeg psychosis · LLM psychosis · postpsychosis · unitary psychosis · zoochosis · pharmacopsychosis · nonpsychosis · prepsychosis · AI psychosis

Translations (52)

mi mate ahotea (mental disorder) · cy seicosis (mental disorder) · sv psykos (mental disorder) · sk psychóza (mental disorder) · kk психоз (mental disorder) · eu psikosi (mental disorder) · tr psikoz (mental disorder) · fr psychose (mental disorder) · mk психоза (mental disorder) · et psühhoos (mental disorder) · fa روان پریشی (mental disorder) · be псіхо́з (mental disorder) · ca psicosi (mental disorder) · fa پسیکوز (mental disorder) · uk психо́з (mental disorder) · cmn 精神錯亂 /精神错乱 (mental disorder) · el ψύχωση (mental disorder) · scn psicusi (mental disorder) · es psicosis (mental disorder) · oc psicòsi (mental disorder) · hy փսիխոզ (mental disorder) · cmn 精神症 (mental disorder) · id psikosis (mental disorder) · hu pszichózis (mental disorder) · lv psihoze (mental disorder) · ru психо́з (mental disorder) · cmn 思覺失調 /思觉失调 (mental disorder) · ka ფსიქოზი (mental disorder) · ro psihoză (mental disorder) · pt psicose (mental disorder) · ja 精神病 (mental disorder) · cs psychóza (mental disorder) · ar ذُهَان (mental disorder) · ga síocóis (mental disorder) · cy gorffwylledd (mental disorder) · pl psychoza (mental disorder) · fi psykoosi (mental disorder) · br psikosis (mental disorder) · de Psychose (mental disorder) · lt psichozė (mental disorder) · da psykose (mental disorder) · nn psykose (mental disorder) · nb psykose (mental disorder) · ko 정신증 (mental disorder) · nl psychose (mental disorder) · it psicosi (mental disorder) · az psixoz (mental disorder) · scn pissicusi (mental disorder) · tl sikosis (mental disorder) · io psikozo (mental disorder) · bg психоза (mental disorder) · eo psikozo (mental disorder)