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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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tractablecapable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
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