psychotic person
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8.9
- noun
- /saɪˈkɑtɪk ˈpɜrsən/
- Specialized
:
persona psicótica
- Therapists often develop strategies to help a psychotic person cope with their symptoms and improve their quality of life.
And then he's just this complete like psychotic person now that has lost his mind.
- And then he's just this complete like psychotic person now that has lost his mind.
Examples
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It's difficult to understand the actions of a psychotic person, as their perception of reality can be very different from ours.
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In the film, the protagonist confronts a psychotic person whose unpredictable behavior creates chaos in their lives.
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And then he's just this complete like psychotic person now that has lost his mind.
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Thank goodness I found so many websites that can reassure me that this is normal and I'm not a psychotic person.
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They are not firebugs, alcoholics, or psychotic people waiting for an opportunity to inflict harm on others.
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Synonyms
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3.4
Having a serious problem with thinking, feeling, or behaving because of a brain condition
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9.0
A person with a serious illness that affects thinking and feeling
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8.9
A person who loses touch with reality and sees or hears things that are not there
How Psychotic
- Specialized
52
8.7
- Specialized
1
8.9
- Vulgar
77
3.4
- Specialized
20
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person suffering from psychosis' is directly and transparently derived from the adjective 'psychotic' (showing symptoms of impaired reality contact) modifying 'person' (a human individual). This follows a standard adjective + noun composition that is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The term psychotic person comes from the medical word psychotic, from 'psychosis', a name for a serious problem of the 'mind' when a person loses touch with reality. So a psychotic person is someone who may see or believe things that are not real and is not in touch with the real world.