psychotic

psychotic — 形容詞

1. relating to a severe mental condition in which a person can no longer distinguis

1.形容詞C1
釋義

精神病的

患有精神病，失去現實感

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.

例句

Zola's doctor diagnosed her with a psychotic disorder after several months of severe paranoia.

Zola 的醫師在連續幾個月的嚴重妄想後，診斷她患有精神病性疾患。

collocation: psychotic disorder

The psychiatric team admitted Andrew after he showed clear signs of a psychotic break.

心理治療團隊在 Andrew 出現明顯的精神病發作跡象後，將他收治入院。

collocation: psychotic break

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

❌My teacher is psychotic because she gave us a lot of homework.
✅My teacher was really strict because she gave us a lot of homework.
💡Psychotic is a medical term for a specific mental condition, not a casual word for 'angry' or 'unreasonable'.
❌That roller coaster ride was psychotic.
✅That roller coaster ride was terrifying.
💡Using 'psychotic' as slang for 'extreme' or 'crazy' is both inaccurate and stigmatising.