- psychotic person
- nouna person afflicted with psychosis• Hypernyms: ↑sick person, ↑diseased person, ↑sufferer• Hyponyms: ↑cataleptic, ↑paranoid, ↑paranoiac, ↑schizophrenic
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psychotic — (adj.) 1890, coined from PSYCHOSIS (Cf. psychosis), on the model of neurotic/neurosis, from Gk. psykhe mind, soul (see PSYCHE (Cf. psyche)). The noun meaning a psychotic person is recorded from 1910 … Etymology dictionary
psychotic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to or suffering from a psychosis. ► NOUN ▪ a psychotic person. DERIVATIVES psychotically adverb … English terms dictionary
psychotic, neurotic, neurasthenic — These terms are loosely used interchangeably, and for good reason: it is difficult to separate and apply them exactly. A psychotic person suffers from a psychosis, any major, severe, and debilitating mental disease. A psychotic individual may or… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
psychotic — [sʌɪ kɒtɪk] adjective of, denoting, or suffering from a psychosis. noun a psychotic person. Derivatives psychotically adverb … English new terms dictionary
psychotic — [sī kät′ik] adj. 1. of, or having the nature of, a psychosis 2. having a psychosis n. a person who has a psychosis psychotically adv … English World dictionary
Psychotic break — A psychotic break is a (layman) term used to describe the first time that a person experiences an episode of primary psychosis.Psychiatrists may informally use the term psychotic break in hindsight to describe the first episode of psychosis in a… … Wikipedia
psychotic — Relating to or affected by psychosis. * * * psy·chot·ic sī kät ik adj of, relating to, marked by, or affected with psychosis psy·chot·i·cal·ly i k(ə )lē adv psychotic n a psychotic individual * * * psy·chot·ic (si kotґik) 1. pertaining to,… … Medical dictionary
psychotic — a.,n. (person) affected with psychosis; insane (person). ♦ psychotomimetic, a. (of drugs) bringing on psychotic behaviour … Dictionary of difficult words
psychotic — psychotically, adv. /suy kot ik/, adj. 1. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. n. 2. a person afflicted with psychosis. [1885 85; PSYCH(OSIS) + OTIC] * * * … Universalium
psychotic — 1. adjective /ˈsɑɪˌkɑtɪk/ Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis. 2. noun /ˈsɑɪˌkɑtɪk/ A person affected by psychosis … Wiktionary
