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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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pallto lose strength or effectiveness
metersystematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm
allureto entice by charm or attraction
acknowledgeto recognize the rights, authority, or status of
exemplifyto show or illustrate by example
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
inductto put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
slaughterthe act of killing
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
frivolousof little weight or importance