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PSYCHOSIS

a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions

The meaning of the word psychosis is a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions.

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compressto press or squeeze together
tumultdisorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion
migrantone that migrates: such as
traduceto expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation
listlesscharacterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit
derelictionan intentional abandonment
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
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