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psychotic

adjective
 
 
/saɪˈkɒt.ɪk/ US  /-ˈkɑː.t̬ɪk/

Definition

suffering from psychosis (= severe mental disease): a psychotic disorder His dislike of women bordered on the psychotic.Mental and psychiatric disorders
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