psychotic

English

Etymology

Derived in English from psychosis +‎ -tic; compare French psychotique, German psychotisch. Attested from the late 19th century. Compare earlier neurotic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪˈkɒtɪk/

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Adjective

psychotic (comparative more psychotic, superlative most psychotic)

1. Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.
   • 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 152:

     She suffered psychotic episodes during which she believed herself to be spied upon by light bulbs.

Derived terms

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Translations

of, related to, or suffering from psychosis

• Catalan: psicòtic
• Finnish: psykoottinen (fi)
• French: psychotique (fr)
• German: psychotisch (de)
• Greek: ψυχωτικός (el) m (psychotikós)
• Hungarian: pszichotikus (hu)
• Italian: psicotico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: psykotisk

  Nynorsk: psykotisk

• Portuguese: psicótico (pt)
• Russian: психоти́ческий (ru) (psixotíčeskij)
• Spanish: psicótico (es)
• Swedish: psykotisk (sv)
• Turkish: psikotik

Noun

psychotic (plural psychotics)

1. A person affected by psychosis.

Translations

a person affected by psychosis

• Finnish: psykootikko (fi)
• French: psychotique (fr) m or f
• German: Psychotiker (de) m, Psychotikerin (de) f
• Greek: ψυχωτικός (el) m (psychotikós)
• Hungarian: pszichotikus ember
• Sicilian: pissicòticu m, psicòticu m
• Turkish: psikoz hastası, psikozlu (tr)

References

• “psychotic, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2007.