psychosis

Syllables: psych·o·sis/saɪˈkəʊsɪs/US/saɪˈkoʊsɪs/

psychosis noun: a severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

Noun

psychosis (countable and uncountable, plural psychoses)

A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
- Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884

psychosis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

psychosis in Hindi

मनोविकृति, मनोविकार, साइकोसिस

psychosis in Tamil

உளப்பிணி, உளவழி உளப்பிணி, உளவியம்

psychosis in Marathi

मनोविकार, मनोविकृती

psychosis in Urdu

سائیکوسس, سائیکوسیس

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psychosis in Bengali: তীব্র মানসিক ব্যাধি, উন্মাদনা
psychosis in Telugu: సైకోసిస్
psychosis in Malayalam: ചിത്തഭ്രമം cittabhramaṁ
psychosis in Kannada: ಬುದ್ಧಿವಿಕಲ್ಪ, ಮನೋವಿಕಾರ, ಮತಿಭ್ರಮಣೆ, ಹುಚ್ಚು
psychosis in Gujarati: મનોવિકૃતિ, મનોવિકૃતતા, મનોવિકાર
psychosis in Odia: ସାଇକୋସିସ୍
psychosis in Nepali: मनोविकृति, साइकोसिस, मनोविकार
psychosis in Tagalog: sikosis
psychosis in Arabic: ذُهَان ḏuhān
psychosis in Indonesian: psikosis
psychosis in Persian: پسیکوز psikoz, روان پریشی ravân-pariši

Examples of psychosis in a sentence

There are now several stories of people being sucked into ChatGPT-induced delusions, or even “AI psychosis”.
The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.
Assuming it was an onset of psychosis, the scientists paid little attention to the man’s concerns.

All 22 example sentences with psychosis

Forms of psychosis

plural	psychoses

Plural of psychosis: psychoses

Origin of psychosis

From psych- + -osis. Not descended from Ancient Greek ψύχωσις (psúkhōsis, “animation, principle of life”), which is a piecewise cognate.

Words that rhyme with psychosis

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Questions about psychosis

What does psychosis mean?: Psychosis means a severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
What is psychosis in Hindi?: Psychosis in Hindi is मनोविकृति, मनोविकार, साइकोसिस. See Psychosis meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is psychosis?: Psychosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce psychosis?: Psychosis is pronounced /saɪˈkəʊsɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of psychosis?: The plural of psychosis is psychoses.

Words near psychosis in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: psychosis (page history and authors); psychosis (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psychosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychosis (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psychosis (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psychosis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychosis (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ചിത്തഭ്രമം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); psychosis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychosis (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psychosis (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psychosis (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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