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

Xia hopes the findings will one day lead to treatments for people who are especially prone to mental fatigue, such as those with depression and schizophrenia.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026
Driving, instead, might be thought of as a spectacular form of schizophrenia.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of schizophrenia

Noun

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington said Clancy was not criminally responsible because she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis.

— Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
The notes from his stump speech that draw the loudest applause can drive the neutral observer to mild psychosis.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of psychosis

Noun

From this banal beginning, Gray launches a tale of fear and violence, criminal conspiracies and paranoia.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Written by Zac Stanford (Sleepwalking), from a story by Schwartzman and Stanford, Portrait explores the terrifying intersection of grief, obsession and the supernatural, as a couple’s dream of a new beginning descends into paranoia and violence.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of paranoia

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