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schizo

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?sk?tso?/

Noun

schizo (plural schizos)

  1. (slang) Schizophrenic.

Translations

schizo From the web:

  • what schizophrenia
  • what schizophrenia is like
  • what schizophrenia looks like
  • what schizophrenia sounds like
  • what schizophrenia mean
  • what schizophrenia feels like
  • what schizophrenic mean
  • what schizophrenics see

schizophrenic

English

Etymology

From schizophrenia +? -ic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sk?ts??f??n?k/
  • Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

schizophrenic (comparative more schizophrenic, superlative most schizophrenic)

  1. Of or relating to schizophrenia.
  2. (of a person) Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
  3. (colloquial, offensive) Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable.
    • 2012, Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman, Hahn and Economic Methodology
      The neoclassical synthesis was a schizophrenic approach to economics – a way of subscribing to both Keynesian and classical analysis.

Usage notes

  • The colloquial use of this word (equating the condition with having multiple personalities) is discouraged by some to avoid stigmatization and misunderstanding of the disorder.

Related terms

  • schizo
  • nonschizophrenic

Translations

Noun

schizophrenic (plural schizophrenics)

  1. A person suffering from schizophrenia.

Translations

schizophrenic From the web:

  • what schizophrenia
  • what schizophrenic mean
  • what schizophrenics see
  • what schizophrenics hear
  • what schizophrenia is like
  • what schizophrenia looks like
  • what schizophrenia sounds like
  • what schizophrenia mean
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