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Definition of psychotic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

psychotic

adjective
 
/saɪˈkɒtɪk/
 
/saɪˈkɑːtɪk/
(psychology)
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  1. affected or caused by a serious mental illness, in which somebody sees or hears things that are not there, or believes things that are not true
    • a psychotic disorder/illness
    • He suffered a psychotic episode two years ago.
    • a psychotic patient
    Topics Mental healthc2 see also psychosis
See psychotic in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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