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semipsychotic

semipsychotic adjective: somewhat but not entirely psychotic.

Adjective

semipsychotic (comparative more semipsychotic, superlative most semipsychotic)

  1. Somewhat but not entirely psychotic.
    • Similarly, the effects of marihuana being smoked in the context of police persecution invite feelings of paranoia and semipsychotic episodes.1977, Drugs and Politics, →ISBN, page 126
    • Nearly all of his adult life has been spent in deadening work that pays well and relationships with semipsychotic women.2005, Michael Eigen, Emotional Storm, →ISBN, page 53

Forms of semipsychotic

comparativemore semipsychotic
superlativemost semipsychotic

Origin of semipsychotic

From semi- + psychotic.

Questions about semipsychotic

What does semipsychotic mean?
Semipsychotic means somewhat but not entirely psychotic.
What part of speech is semipsychotic?
Semipsychotic is an adjective.

Words near semipsychotic in the dictionary

  1. semiprotection
  2. semiprotective
  3. semiproven
  4. semiprozine
  5. semiprozines
  6. semipsychotic
  7. semipublic
  8. semipublicly
  9. semipucca
  10. semipukka
  11. semipunctate

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