Psychosis

Noun CEFR B2

saɪˈkəʊsɪs

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolpsicosis

Françaispsychose

DeutschPsychose

27 more languages

العربيةالإختلال العقلي ذُهَان

Bosanskipsihoza психоза

Catalàpsicosi

Češtinapsychóza

Cymraeggorffwylledd

Ελληνικάψύχωση

Esperantopsikozo

Hrvatskipsihoza психоза

Հայերենփսիխոզ

Bahasa Indonesiapsikosis

Italianopsicosi

日本語精神異常精神病

ქართულიფსიქოზი

한국어정신병 정신증

Latviešupsihoze

Македонскипсихоза

Nederlandspsychose

Portuguêspsicose

Românăpsihoză

Русскийпсихоз

Српскиpsihoza психоза

Svenskapsykos

Türkçepsikoz

Українськапсихоз

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Psychosocial Psychosocially psychosociologist psychosociology Psychosomatic Psychosomatically

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