ψύχωση
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from French psychose from Ancient Greek ψυχή f (psukhḗ, “soul”), ψυχ- of ψυχο- (psukho-) + -ose after névrose. Different sense for the Hellenistic ψύχωσις f (psúkhōsis, “giving life, animating”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpsi.xo.si/
- with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA(key): /tim‿ˈbzi.xo.si/
- Hyphenation: ψύ‧χω‧ση
Noun
[edit]ψύχωση • (psýchosi) f (plural ψυχώσεις)
- (psychiatry) psychosis
- (colloquial) informal extreme passion for something
- (colloquial) hysteria
- μαζική ψύχωση ― mazikí psýchosi ― mass hysteria
Declension
[edit]Declension of ψύχωση
Related terms
[edit]- αναψύχωση f (anapsýchosi, “reanimation, reinvigoration”)
- εμψύχωση f (empsýchosi, “giving courage”)
- μετεμψύχωση f (metempsýchosi, “transmigration, metempsychosis”)
- ψυχωσικός (psychosikós)
and see: ψυχή f (psychí, “soul”)
References
[edit]- ^ ψύχωση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]- ψύχωση on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el