psycho
a psychopathic or psychotic person.
a crazy or mentally unstable person.
psychopathic or psychotic.
crazy; mentally unstable.
Origin of psycho
1Words Nearby psycho
Other definitions for psycho- (2 of 2)
a combining form representing psyche (psychological) and psychological (psychoanalysis) in compound words.
Origin of psycho-
2- Also especially before a vowel, psych-.
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How to use psycho in a sentence
The new year’s first blockbuster novel is “The Push,” by Ashley Audrain, a psychological suspense tale about a mother’s fears that her pre-school-age daughter may be a psycho killer.
Why is ‘The Push’ so popular? Perhaps because it plays into a mother’s worst fears. | Maureen Corrigan | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostWhen, in succession, he made Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963).
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn psycho a psychiatrist (the young Simon Oakland) tells us in clinical terms what we've seen.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo bolster my case I told him we should actually call it Pursuito, like Vertigo or psycho.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is the author of Broken Glass, Memoirs of a Porcupine, and African psycho, among others.
Because there was plenty more psycho and much more drama on the way.
Hell Hath No Fury Like Valerie Trierweiler, the French President’s Ex | Lizzie Crocker | November 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut there is a wide gulf between that and concluding that all psycho-biological phenomena are hallucinations.
Urania | Camille FlammarionThat caution about 'heightened psycho-physiological effects,' that we were never able to understand!
Hunter Patrol | Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuireWe want to work out a substitute for Beta that will keep the flavor of the drink without the psycho-physiological effects.
Hunter Patrol | Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuireWhen Dr. Martin first introduced him into the psycho-recovery room his resolution almost vanished.
The Memory of Mars | Raymond F. JonesIf we are to do our work properly, we must base it completely upon modern psycho physical fundamentals.
Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
British Dictionary definitions for psycho (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsaɪkəʊ) /
an informal and offensive word for psychopath or psychopathic: See psychopath
British Dictionary definitions for psycho- (2 of 2)
indicating the mind or psychological or mental processes: psychology; psychogenesis; psychosomatic
Origin of psycho-
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