as in dementia
a very serious mental illness that makes you behave strangely or believe things that are not true
The patient suffers from some kind of psychosis.
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Recent Examples of psychosis
Julia’s psychosis starts to shatter, overcome by cardboard shipping boxes and torturous insomnia.
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
Attached to it is a video of Andrea Yates, the real Texas woman who drowned her five children amid an episode of postpartum psychosis and was found not guilty by reason of insanity, per the New York Times.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
In the new study, Damme and researchers at Northwestern University worked with 17 people who were considered at high risk for psychosis and were not physically active.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
The complaint alleges that Gavalas’s psychosis stemmed from engineering choices made by Google to make Gemini more engaging and lifelike.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
Attached to it is a video of Andrea Yates, the real Texas woman who drowned her five children amid an episode of postpartum psychosis and was found not guilty by reason of insanity, per the New York Times.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
In the new study, Damme and researchers at Northwestern University worked with 17 people who were considered at high risk for psychosis and were not physically active.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
The complaint alleges that Gavalas’s psychosis stemmed from engineering choices made by Google to make Gemini more engaging and lifelike.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychosis
Noun
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Shon Lowe, a Chicago-area resident, is a patient advocate and caregiver to her mother, Terrie Montgomery, a longtime advocate who lives with frontotemporal dementia.—
Shon Lowe,
Twin Cities,
26 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors used details from the home takeover to argue for a lengthy prison term, describing how Serrano and other gangsters took advantage of an 84-year-old woman who had dementia.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Prosecutors focused in the first trial on Dominguez’s mental state at the time of the attacks, with doctors testifying to his diagnosis of schizophrenia.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder have been identified to be at greater risk of developing psychotic conditions such as bipolar or schizophrenia, compared with neurotypical kids.—
David Cox,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
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There’s also a signal for modest instability nearby, particularly along the Gulf Coast.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Company adapts to rising tensions The company has already taken steps to respond to the growing instability.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Psychosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychosis. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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