psy·cho·sis (s -k  s s)n. pl. psy·cho·ses (-s  z) A severe mental disorder, with or without organic damage, characterized by derangement of personality and loss of contact with reality and causing deterioration of normal social functioning. |
psychosis [saɪˈkəʊsɪs]
n pl -choses [-ˈkəʊsiːz]
(Psychiatry) any form of severe mental disorder in which the individual's contact with reality becomes highly distorted Compare neurosis
[New Latin, from psycho- + -osis]
| psychosis (s-kss) Plural psychoses (s -ksz) A mental state caused by psychiatric or organic illness, characterized by a loss of contact with reality and an inability to think rationally. A psychotic person often behaves inappropriately and is incapable of normal social functioning. psychotic adjective (s -k tk) |
psychosis
any severe mental disorder or disease. — psychotic, n., adj.
See also: Insanity
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | psychosis - any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted mental disease, mental illness, psychopathy - any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention delirium tremens, DTs - acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning paranoia - a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur dementia praecox, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis - any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact |
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