psychotic

[sahy-kot-ik]

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adjective

Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis.

Psychiatry. of or relating to psychosis: psychotic symptoms; psychotic delusion.

(loosely) mentally unstable: The man who threw a stone through the convenience store window must be psychotic.

intensely upset, anxious, or angry; crazy: My dad gets so psychotic when I come home even a little bit late.

noun

Psychiatry. a person afflicted with psychosis.

(loosely) someone who is mentally unstable: I always cross the street when I have to go past that homeless shelter; it's full of psychotics.

someone who exhibits extreme emotion or behavior: My brother turns into a complete psychotic whenever his team loses.

Origin of psychotic

First recorded in 1885–85; psych(osis) + -otic

Related formspsy·chot·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·psy·chot·ic, adjectivesem·i·psy·chot·ic, adjectiveun·psy·chot·ic, adjective

Can be confusedneurotic psychotic schizoid schizophrenic

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Related Words for psychotically

desperately, furiously, crazily, passionately, violently, hastily, intensely, frantically, excitedly, recklessly, energetically, hysterically, madly, wildly, insanely, dementedly, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, hard

Examples from the Web for psychotically

Contemporary Examples of psychotically

I do not realize it at the time, but I am psychotically depressed.
Juvenilia: A Bibliography
Eric Puchner
February 15, 2010

Historical Examples of psychotically

I am psychotically devoted to sense and my possibly quaint idea of decency.
Operation: Outer Space
William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for psychotically

psychotic

adjective

of, relating to, or characterized by psychosis

noun

a person experiencing psychosis

Derived Formspsychotically, adverb

usage

It is preferable to talk about a person experiencing psychosis rather than a psychotic, which reduces a person's individuality

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Word Origin and History for psychotically

psychotic

adj.

1889, coined from psychosis, on the model of neurotic/neurosis, from Greek psykhe- "mind, soul" (see psyche).

psychotic

"a psychotic person," 1901, from psychotic (adj.).

psychotically in Medicine

psychotic

[sī-kŏt′ĭk]

adj.

Of, relating to, or affected by psychosis.

n.

A person affected by psychosis.