psychotic

adj

/ˌsaɪˈkɒtɪk/

Etymology

Derived in English from psychosis + -tic; compare French psychotique, German psychotisch. Attested from the late 19th century. Compare earlier neurotic.

derived from ψύχωσις
formed as psychotic — “psychosis + -tic”

Definitions

1
Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.
- Direct evidence on psychotic behavior is the presence of either delusions or hallucinations (without insight into their pathological nature).
- Increasing data suggests that regular marijuana use in adolescence may also be a risk factor for developing very serious psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia.
- She suffered psychotic episodes during which she believed herself to be spied upon by light bulbs.
2
Out of control, bizarre, or crazy.
- Full-bodied tribal rhythms, weird bendy bass lines, screechy high-end guitar melodies, and more psychotic lyrics about "Tension," "Butchers," and "Madness."
- This had left the mother feeling "psychotic" and "helpless" because she could not change the family, the school, and society that she said had all caused the son harm.
- And if you ever try to record one of our conversations again, I'll set the dogs on you and your psychotic friends, and let them tear you all apart.
A person affected by psychosis.

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Derived

antipsychotic, BLIPS, micropsychotic, neuropsychotic, nonpsychotic, postpsychotic, prepsychotic, propsychotic, psychotically, psychotic disorder, psychoticism, psychoto-, quasipsychotic, sarchotic, semipsychotic, unpsychotic

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for psychotic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA