psychosis

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /saɪˈkəʊsɪs/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /saɪˈkoʊsɪs/

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• Hyphenation: psych‧o‧sis

Noun

Singular psychosis

Plural psychoses

1. Psychosis is mental illness that causes imaginary things to seem real. These imaginary things could be delusions (false ideas) or hallucinations (things you might see or hear that are not real).

   His psychosis led him think I had stolen his stomach and hidden it.

   Schizophrenia is a severe form of psychosis.

Related words

• psychotic
• psycho
• neurosis