psychose

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psychose

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Back-formation from psychosis.

verb psychoses · psychosing · psychosed

To induce psychosis. In his teens, Simon became "a bad advert for continued drug use, psychosed from long-term abuse, sectioned, anxious, paranoid, not eating or sleeping well", Tom says.

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"psychose." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/psychose. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"psychose." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/psychose.

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@misc{psychose_2026,
  title = {psychose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/psychose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}