psychotic

comparative more psychotic · superlative most psychotic

1. Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.

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

   2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 152

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   Direct evidence on psychotic behavior is the presence of either delusions or hallucinations (without insight into their pathological nature).

   1995, José A. Valciukas, Forensic Neuropsychology, page 277

   Increasing data suggests that regular marijuana use in adolescence may also be a risk factor for developing very serious psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia.

   2014 January 24, Dr. Charles Raison, “Here’s what to do about your anxiety”, in CNN

   She couldn't possibly know that I was parking in the same spot to visit my psychotic wife on the third floor of the hospital, the floor that needed a special elevator for access.

   2017, Mark Lukach, My Lovely Wife: A Memoir of Madness and Hope

2. informalOut of control, bizarre, or crazy.

   And if you ever try to record one of our conversations again, I'll set the dogs on you and your psychotic friends, and let them tear you all apart.

   2017, John Connolly, A Game of Ghosts, page 14

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   Full-bodied tribal rhythms, weird bendy bass lines, screechy high-end guitar melodies, and more psychotic lyrics about "Tension," "Butchers," and "Madness."

   2012, Jodi.C.King, I Was a Killing Joke: A Bird's Eye View

   This had left the mother feeling "psychotic" and "helpless" because she could not change the family, the school, and society that she said had all caused the son harm.

   2013, Trent Bax, Youth and Internet Addiction in China

plural psychotics

1. A person affected by psychosis.