unitary psychosis

noun

According to 19th-century German psychiatry, a single underlying disease process of which all psychoses were surface variations.

OriginGerman Einheitspsychose →
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Meanings

noununitary psychosis (countable and uncountable, plural unitary psychoses)

plural unitary psychoses

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableAccording to 19th-century German psychiatry, a single underlying disease process of which all psychoses were surface variations.

Origin

  1. GermanEinheitspsychose
  2. Englishunitary psychosis

Calque of German Einheitspsychose

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unitary psychosis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unitary%20psychosis.

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