ψύχωση
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Greek
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈpsi.xo.si/
- with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA(key): /tim‿ˈbzi.xo.si/
- Hyphenation: ψύ‧χω‧ση
Noun
ψύχωση • (psýchosi) f (plural ψυχώσεις)
- (psychiatry) psychosis
- (colloquial) informal extreme passion for something
- (colloquial) hysteria
- μαζική ψύχωση ― mazikí psýchosi ― mass hysteria
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ψύχωση (psýchosi) | ψυχώσεις (psychóseis) |
| genitive | ψύχωσης (psýchosis) | ψυχώσεων (psychóseon) |
| accusative | ψύχωση (psýchosi) | ψυχώσεις (psychóseis) |
| vocative | ψύχωση (psýchosi) | ψυχώσεις (psychóseis) |
Older or formal genitive singular: ψυχώσεως (psychóseos)
Related terms
- αναψύχωση f (anapsýchosi, “reanimation, reinvigoration”)
- εμψύχωση f (empsýchosi, “giving courage”)
- μετεμψύχωση f (metempsýchosi, “transmigration, metempsychosis”)
- ψυχωσικός (psychosikós)
and see: ψυχή f (psychí, “soul”)
References
- ^ ψύχωση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
ψύχωση on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
