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🙂 Not psychotic 🧑 A person without psychosis
nonpsychotic

nonpsychotic

7.4
A person who does not show severe mental symptoms like losing touch with reality
  • noun
  • /nɒnˈsaɪkɒtɪk/
  • Specialized
: no psicótico
  • Many nonpsychotics experience anxiety without any psychotic symptoms.

Examples

  • The study compared the behavior of nonpsychotic patients with those diagnosed with schizophrenia.

  • Support groups were available for both nonpsychotic and psychotic individuals at the clinic.

  • Doctors must distinguish between nonpsychotic and psychotic symptoms when making a diagnosis.

  • He is a nonpsychotic individual who leads a normal life.

  • Support groups were available for both nonpsychotic and psychotic individuals at the clinic.

  • He is a nonpsychotic individual who leads a normal life.

  • Many nonpsychotic patients experience anxiety without any psychotic symptoms.

Surface Forms

nonpsychotic singular
nonpsychotics plural

Morphology

nonpsychotic = nonpsychotic (transparent) = non + psych + otic

The noun use is a zero-derived form of the adjective 'nonpsychotic', and the adjective itself is a straightforward negation of 'psychotic'.

Etymology

Nonpsychotic is made of non- meaning 'not' and psychotic, from the Greek root psyche meaning 'mind' and the same root as in psychology. So a nonpsychotic (as a noun) is a person who does 'not' have psychosis or the severe mind symptoms of psychosis.