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“Psychosis” or “Sycosis”

psychosis / sycosis are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

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psychosis s·ay·k·OW·s·ah·s

  • nounany severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted.

sycosis

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“psychosis”

  • …more and more until finally psychosis begins to break in.
  • …in the treatment of affective psychosis.
  • …dangers of cannabis in triggering psychosis.
  • Dylan descends further into psychosis and Nancy becomes increasingly paranoid…
  • Schizophrenia and Psychosis
  • The Sweet Smell of Psychosis is Will Self's first published
  • …an acute case of "cocaine psychosis", and soon returned to using…
  • …people had less instance of psychosis.
  • …illness referred to the National Psychosis Unit of the South London…
  • …Murray is part of The Psychosis Research Group at the Institute…

“sycosis”

No example sentences found for this spelling.

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