Synonyms of psychosis

psychosis

noun

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dementia
• schizophrenia
• instability
• neurosis
• paranoia
• insanity
• hysteria
• delirium
• mania
• madness
• irrationality
• derangement
• aberration
• lunacy
• frenzy
• unreasonableness
• delusion
• hypomania
• hallucinosis
• rage
• hallucination
• abnormality
• obsession
• senile dementia
• phobia
• monomania
• unsoundness
• dementedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rationality
• lucidity
• reasonableness
• normality
• soundness
• reasonability
• sanity
• mind
• rationalness
• saneness

Examples of psychosis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Berdan and his longtime musical partner Ben Greenberg, along with bassist Brad Truax and drummers Mike Sharp and Michael Blume, avoid such vanity, their music obliterating the line between Skinny Puppy’s electronic psychosis and the sludge of Swans. —Joe Gross, SPIN, 3 Sep. 2024

There’s an increasing awareness of the potential risks of meditation, especially in high doses, as reports of depression, anxiety, and psychosis, though rare, have surfaced. —By Naina Bajekal / Applegate, Calif., TIME, 7 Aug. 2024

Swinton previously narrated 2021’s Goliath, which explored one man’s experience of psychosis. —Zac Ntim, Deadline, 31 July 2024

Their daughter Kyla, who was just four years old at the time of the leak, went into a full psychosis, Hughes said. —Liz Friden, Fox News, 27 June 2024