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psycho

1

[ sahy-koh ]

noun

, plural psy·chos.
  1. a psychopathic or psychotic person.
  2. a crazy or mentally unstable person.


adjective

  1. psychopathic or psychotic.
  2. crazy; mentally unstable.

psycho-

2
  1. a combining form representing psyche ( psychological ) and psychological ( psychoanalysis ) in compound words.

psycho-

1

combining_form

  1. indicating the mind or psychological or mental processes

    psychosomatic

    psychogenesis

    psychology



psycho

2

/ ˈsaɪkəʊ /

noun

  1. an informal and offensive word for psychopath or psychopathic See psychopath

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Word History and Origins

Origin of psycho1

First recorded in 1935–40; by shortening

Origin of psycho2

< Greek, combining form of psȳchḗ breath, spirit, soul, mind; akin to psȳ́chein to blow ( psykter )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of psycho1

from Greek psukhē spirit, breath

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Example Sentences

When, in succession, he made Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963).

In Psycho a psychiatrist (the young Simon Oakland) tells us in clinical terms what we've seen.

To bolster my case I told him we should actually call it Pursuito, like Vertigo or Psycho.

He is the author of Broken Glass, Memoirs of a Porcupine, and African Psycho, among others.

Because there was plenty more psycho and much more drama on the way.

But there is a wide gulf between that and concluding that all psycho-biological phenomena are hallucinations.

That caution about 'heightened psycho-physiological effects,' that we were never able to understand!

We want to work out a substitute for Beta that will keep the flavor of the drink without the psycho-physiological effects.

When Dr. Martin first introduced him into the psycho-recovery room his resolution almost vanished.

If we are to do our work properly, we must base it completely upon modern psycho physical fundamentals.

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