Plural of psychosis
irregular plural
The plural of psychosis is psychoses.
Forms of psychosis
| Singular | psychosis /saɪˈkəʊsɪs/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | psychoses |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Psychoses in a sentence
- At higher doses, it is antiautistic, disinhibiting and resocializing, all effects useful in treating chronic psychoses.1989, Harry Schwartz, Breakthrough: The Discovery of Modern Medicines at Janssen, page 78. From the entry antiautistic
- They constitute a full-grown, firmly installed national psychosis, founded, as are all psychoses, on the efficacious denial of reality.1969, Susan Sontag, “What’s Happening in America”, in Styles of Radical Will, Kindle edition, Penguin Modern Classics, published 2009…. From the entry efficacious
- Lee Carlisle’s article on Maniacal Conditions in Young Adults deals with the differential diagnosis between the non-deteriorative and the deteriorative psychoses.1907, The Lancet, J. Onwhyn, page 93. From the entry deteriorative
- Defective types of psychoses are the most interesting kinds, like the maniacs, the melancholiacs, the phobiacs, the paranoiacs, the neurasthenics, the hysterical, etc.1913, Charles Ellewyn George, The Lawyer & Banker and Bench & Bar Review, volume 6, page 161. From the entry phobiac
Meaning of psychosis
- noun A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
Nouns ending in -is: plural -es
Questions about the plural of psychosis
- What is the plural of psychosis?
- The plural of psychosis is psychoses.
- Is psychosis countable?
- Psychosis is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: psychosis (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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