psychosis
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psychosis
- /saɪˈkəʊsɪs/ UK
- /saɪˈkoʊsɪs/ US
Sounds like sycosis · Rhymes with -əʊsɪs
Where it comes from
From psych- + -osis. Not descended from Ancient Greek ψύχωσις (psúkhōsis, “animation, principle of life”), which is a piecewise cognate.
noun psychoses
- A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality. Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: psychotic, psychiatry, psycho, hysteria, wrath, envy, jealousy, lunacy, derangement, delirium, dementia, insanity, madness, delusion, psychopathy, craziness
Translations
Talk about this word "psychosis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/psychosis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. psychosis. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/psychosis "psychosis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/psychosis.Cite this
@misc{psychosis_2026,
title = {psychosis},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/psychosis},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
