psychotic
[sahy-kot-ik]
- 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.
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- 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.
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- someone who exhibits extreme emotion or behavior: My brother turns into a complete psychotic whenever his team loses.
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Origin of psychotic
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I do not realize it at the time, but I am psychotically depressed.
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I am psychotically devoted to sense and my possibly quaint idea of decency.
Operation: Outer SpaceWilliam Fitzgerald Jenkins
psychotic
- of, relating to, or characterized by psychosis
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- a person experiencing psychosis
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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
psychotic
n.
"a psychotic person," 1901, from psychotic (adj.).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
psychotic
(sī-kŏt′ĭk)- Of, relating to, or affected by psychosis.
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- A person affected by psychosis.
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