semipsychotic

comparative more semipsychotic · superlative most semipsychotic

1. Somewhat but not entirely psychotic.

   After just an hour, it was common for subjects to fall into a semipsychotic state.

   2011, Keith Thomson, Once a Spy, →ISBN, page 159

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   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