psychotic
psychotic — adjective
1. relating to a severe mental condition in which a person can no longer distinguis
relating to a severe mental condition in which a person can no longer distinguish what is real from what is imagined, often leading them to perceive events or objects that exist only in their own mind or to hold beliefs that have no basis in fact.
Zola's doctor diagnosed her with a psychotic disorder after several months of severe paranoia.
collocation: psychotic disorder
The psychiatric team admitted Andrew after he showed clear signs of a psychotic break.
collocation: psychotic break
Without proper treatment, Sari's psychotic symptoms grew worse and harder to manage.
During the psychotic episode, Feng became convinced that hidden cameras were watching him.
The hospital wing offers round-the-clock care for people with psychotic conditions.
- delusional
focuses specifically on holding false beliefs, which is one symptom of psychosis but not the full condition; less clinical in tone
- mentally ill
much broader term covering all kinds of mental health conditions, not only psychosis; less precise
- deranged
informal and dated; carries a judgmental tone that the clinical term psychotic does not
- sane
describes someone of sound mind; a legal and everyday term, not a clinical opposite
- mentally healthy
non-technical opposite; describes someone without any mental illness
文法句型
psychotic + noun
be/become + psychotic
用法筆記
A clinical term used in psychiatry and medicine. Avoid using it informally to describe someone who is simply angry, eccentric, or unpredictable — that usage is considered inaccurate and offensive.