Definition of psychotic
1
medical
: of, relating to, marked by, or affected with psychosis
a psychotic patient psychotic behavior
2
sometimes offensive
: exhibiting or suggestive of mental or emotional unsoundness or instability
—not used technically
Note: The nontechnical use of psychotic is increasingly viewed as a trivialization of mental illness.
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The first known use of psychotic was circa 1890
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