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psychosis

[sahy-koh-sis] / saɪˈkoʊ sɪs /










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From 2004, she was the primary carer for her mother, who never learned English and towards the end of her life suffered from hallucinations and psychosis.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Mr. O’Connor’s involving novel, which continues into the 1970s, is about the inadequacy of the psychoanalytic practice to confront the collective psychosis of 20th-century history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

After tests in a provincial laboratory failed to pinpoint Ebola as the source, the disease and accompanying psychosis were both allowed to spread in Mongbwalu.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

Some of these incidents are increasingly being described as cases of "AI-induced psychosis."

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Artists may sometimes be tortured by the burden of their genius, but they can never be truly creative under the thrall of psychosis.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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