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BNC: 17007 COCA: 13266

psychotic

1 psychotic /saɪˈkɑːtɪk/ adjective
1 psychotic
/saɪˈkɑːtɪk/
adjective
Learner's definition of PSYCHOTIC
: having or relating to a very serious mental illness that makes you act strangely or believe things that are not true : relating to or suffering from psychosis精神病的;精神错乱的;精神失常的

— psychotically

/saɪˈkɑːtɪkli/ adverb
2 psychotic /saɪˈkɑːtɪk/ noun
plural psychotics
2 psychotic
/saɪˈkɑːtɪk/
noun
plural psychotics
Learner's definition of PSYCHOTIC
[count]
: a person who suffers from a very serious mental illness : a psychotic person精神病患者;精神失常者;精神错乱者
BNC: 17007 COCA: 13266

psychotic

adjective

psy·​chot·​ic sī-ˈkä-tik How to pronounce psychotic (audio)
1
medical : of, relating to, marked by, or affected with psychosis
a psychotic patient
psychotic behavior
2
sometimes offensive : exhibiting or suggestive of mental or emotional unsoundness or instability
not used technically

Note: The nontechnical use of psychotic is increasingly viewed as a trivialization of mental illness.

psychotic noun
plural psychotics
psychotically adverb

Example Sentences

He was diagnosed as psychotic. a psychotic patient who was recently admitted
Recent Examples on the Web Carusillo had wanted to stay, but his discharge led to a psychotic episode and, ultimately, his death, his family said. Alexis Stevens, ajc, 7 Sep. 2022 But his life took a darker turn after his psychotic episode in Utrecht. Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022 Stevens had resumed taking anti-psychotic medications shortly before his death. Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 That interview shows a woman in the throes of a psychotic episode. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Wilson, who is eighty, suffered a psychotic break in the mid-nineteen-sixties, which may have been exacerbated by drug use, and which left him increasingly eccentric and reclusive. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 31 July 2022 Late last year, Merryman had sharply reduced his dosage of Cymbalta, an antidepressant, which could have caused his psychotic break, Koshes reported. Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 Haviland had his glasses broken by a man who appeared to be psychotic. Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2022 Shops and restaurants deal with another reality, as people having psychotic episodes or on drugs sometimes disrupt their businesses. Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of psychotic was circa 1890
BNC: 17007 COCA: 13266

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