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Synonyms & Antonyms of psychosis
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.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for psychosis
- aberration,
- dementia,
- derangement,
- insanity,
- lunacy,
- madness,
- mania,
- rage
- [archaic]
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for psychosis
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The first known use of psychosis was in 1847
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