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semipsychotic en · ADJ

Etymology

From semi- + psychotic.

Meanings

1. Somewhat but not entirely psychotic.
   • Nearly all of his adult life has been spent in deadening work that pays well and relationships with semipsychotic women. 2005, Michael Eigen, Emotional Storm, →ISBN, page 53:
   • Similarly, the effects of marihuana being smoked in the context of police persecution invite feelings of paranoia and semipsychotic episodes. 1977, Drugs and Politics, →ISBN, page 126:
   • After just an hour, it was common for subjects to fall into a semipsychotic state. 2011, Keith Thomson, Once a Spy, →ISBN, page 159:

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