psychosis

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Synonyms for psychosis

noun mental illness; foolishness

Antonyms for psychosis

craziness

noun. insanity

Word Origin & History

1847, "mental derangement," Modern Latin, from Greek psykhe- "mind" (see psyche) + -osis "abnormal condition." Greek psykhosis meant "a giving of life; animation; principle of life."

Example Sentences for psychosis

In some exceptional cases a genuine neurosis or psychosis may develop.

If you have a psychosis, you behave in response to delusions or hallucinations.

She was seventy-eight this year, clouded by senility along with the psychosis.

Then, at the engagement dinner of the brother, the psychosis broke out.

There is, further, the history of a delusion of death during the onset of the psychosis.

For seven years prior to the psychosis she worked for the same company as clerk.

The psychosis, Dagonet says, is not pure but more a mixture of hypochondria and depression.

Here the development of the psychosis is often an aid to diagnosis.

When well she had a complete amnesia for the onset of the psychosis.

Fifth, alcoholics are likely to develop extreme jealousy, which may become pathological, even to the extent of a psychosis.

psychosis

Synonyms for psychosis

Antonyms for psychosis

More words related to psychosis

brainsickness

craziness

insaneness

insanity

lunacy

madness