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
As Delphi’s star rises, P Burke becomes enthralled by her and descends into a tech psychosis with disastrous consequences.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Hathaway’s White Queen floats with sweet highs and dark lows, her heavenly air masking a morbid psychosis.
—Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Of course, those problems proved significant — and manifested as AI psychosis, suicide, murder, and several mass shootings that have been linked to the tech.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
However, a growing body of research points to possible adverse effects from cannabis use, particularly in vulnerable groups, such as people who are pregnant, adolescents, people with preexisting mental health conditions such as schizophrenia or psychosis, and those with cardiac issues.
—Carey S. Cadieux, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Hathaway’s White Queen floats with sweet highs and dark lows, her heavenly air masking a morbid psychosis.
—Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Of course, those problems proved significant — and manifested as AI psychosis, suicide, murder, and several mass shootings that have been linked to the tech.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
However, a growing body of research points to possible adverse effects from cannabis use, particularly in vulnerable groups, such as people who are pregnant, adolescents, people with preexisting mental health conditions such as schizophrenia or psychosis, and those with cardiac issues.
—Carey S. Cadieux, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychosis
Noun
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Then came my grandfather who passed away from cancer after a long battle with dementia.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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Renner's attorney, Danielle Coysh, denied that her client had any involvement in Jor'Dynn's death and said Renner has dementia.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
21 May 2026
Noun
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He was diagnosed with schizophrenia during his college years.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
13 May 2026
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Two people diagnosed with schizophrenia were living in the theater.—
James Verini,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
Noun
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With Teutonic deadpan, Sander sends up the often ideologically weighted social photography of which his project is an example—and records the giddy, glitchy instability of the Weimar years, when the old order was in disorienting flux, and would soon disappear altogether.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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When leaders choose silence over strategic communication, that silence leads to significantly negative outcomes, resulting in a culture and environment filled with fear, instability and uncertainty.—
Christina Wood,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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“Psychosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychosis. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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