HALLUCINOSIS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

hallucinosis

noun

Definition of hallucinosis

as in schizophrenia

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Recent Examples of hallucinosis Boes was working with a patient who had a rare disorder called peduncular hallucinosis, in which damage to the thalamus, a structure at the center of the brain, causes visual hallucinations. — Grace Huckins, Wired, 17 Aug. 2020

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Noun

Colt did not have any signs of insanity, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, Richards said.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Dominguez, diagnosed with schizophrenia, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the stabbing deaths of David Breaux and Karim Abou Najm.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of schizophrenia

Noun

Kan finds genuine optimism in the diminishing stigma surrounding dementia, which encourages earlier diagnoses and more open conversations, empowering individuals to live more actively with the condition.

— Sue Peschin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Along with all these obligations, Tonina is taking care of her bedridden mother, who is suffering from dementia.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of dementia

Noun

Reddington used cross-examination to argue those observations did not establish Clancy was free of psychosis at the time of the killings.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The defense has their own expert witnesses set to testify, setting up the two sides to present conflicting arguments over Lindsay Clancy’s mental state, her medications, and postpartum psychosis.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of psychosis

Noun

But on this night, three weeks after the birth of CHOP, the air is filled not with songs, chants and demands for justice, but with paranoia, menace, gunshots.

— Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Cady turns their lives into a trap of paranoia and, indeed, fear, while procuring plausible deniability to avoid consequences.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of paranoia

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