semipsychotic
English
Etymology
From semi- + psychotic.
Adjective
semipsychotic (comparative more semipsychotic, superlative most semipsychotic)
- Somewhat but not entirely psychotic.
- 1977, Drugs and Politics, →ISBN, page 126:
- Similarly, the effects of marihuana being smoked in the context of police persecution invite feelings of paranoia and semipsychotic episodes.
- 2005, Michael Eigen, Emotional Storm, →ISBN, page 53:
- Nearly all of his adult life has been spent in deadening work that pays well and relationships with semipsychotic women.
- 2011, Keith Thomson, Once a Spy, →ISBN, page 159:
- After just an hour, it was common for subjects to fall into a semipsychotic state.
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