autopsychosis
|au-to-psy-cho-sis|
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/ˌɔːtoʊsaɪˈkoʊsɪs/
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/ˌɔːtəʊsaɪˈkəʊsɪs/
self-centered psychotic condition
Etymology
'autopsychosis' originates from Greek-derived combining forms: 'auto-' (from Greek 'αὐτός', autós) meaning 'self' and 'psychosis' (from Greek 'ψυχή', psukhē, with suffix '-osis') meaning 'a condition of the mind'.
'psychosis' comes from Greek 'psukhē' through late Latin/medical Latin and modern usage; the compound combining form 'auto-' has been attached to medical terms since modern medical nomenclature. 'autopsychosis' is a modern technical coinage formed by combining 'auto-' and 'psychosis' in medical/psychiatric contexts.
Initially it would literally mean 'a condition of the mind concerning the self', and in usage it has come to denote specifically a psychotic or ego-centered disturbance in which symptoms are primarily self-referential.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a rare/technical psychiatric term for a psychotic state in which the disturbance of perception, belief, or experience is primarily centered on the self; a self-focused psychosis or disturbance of the ego.
Clinicians used the term autopsychosis to describe cases where the patient's delusions and hallucinations were overwhelmingly self-referential.
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