adj
Meaning 1
Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
psychotic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Out of control, bizarre, or crazy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 3
A person affected by psychosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
characteristic of or suffering from psychosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 5
a person afflicted with psychosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psychotic person, psycho
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
Narrower terms: cataleptic, paranoid, paranoiac, schizophrenic
History
Etymology
Derived in English from psychosis + -tic; compare French psychotique, German psychotisch. Attested from the late 19th century. Compare earlier neurotic.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: psicòtic — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Dutch: psychotisch — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Finnish: psykoottinen — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- French: psychotique — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- German: psychotisch — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Greek: ψυχωτικός (psychotikós) — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Hungarian: pszichotikus — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Italian: psicotico — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Norwegian Bokmål: psykotisk — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Norwegian Nynorsk: psykotisk — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Portuguese: psicótico — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Russian: психоти́ческий (psixotíčeskij) — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Spanish: psicótico — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Swedish: psykotisk — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Turkish: psikotik — of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
- Dutch: psychoot — a person affected by psychosis
- Finnish: psykootikko — a person affected by psychosis
- French: psychotique — a person affected by psychosis
- German: Psychotiker — a person affected by psychosis
- German: Psychotikerin — a person affected by psychosis
- Greek: ψυχωτικός (psychotikós) — a person affected by psychosis
- Hungarian: pszichotikus ember — a person affected by psychosis
- Sicilian: pissicòticu — a person affected by psychosis
- Sicilian: psicòticu — a person affected by psychosis
- Turkish: psikoz hastası — a person affected by psychosis
- Turkish: psikozlu — a person affected by psychosis