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schizophrenia
English
Etymology
First attested 1908, from New Latin schizophrenia, from German Schizophrenie, coined by Eugen Bleuler, from Ancient Greek ????? (skhíz?, “to split”) + ???? (phr?n, “mind, heart, diaphragm”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sk?t.s??f?i?.ni.?/, /?sk?t.s??f??.ni.?/, /?sk?z.??f?i?.ni.?/
Noun
schizophrenia (countable and uncountable, plural schizophrenias)
- (pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
- (informal, figuratively) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
- 2006, Bertus Praeg, Ethiopia and Political Renaissance in Africa (page 213)
- […] one can understand how the cultural disorientation which beset the African Continent has confused Africa's political behaviour, creating a political schizophrenia that made nation-building impossible.
- 2006, Bertus Praeg, Ethiopia and Political Renaissance in Africa (page 213)
Usage notes
- In popular usage, the term is often confused with dissociative identity disorder (also known as multiple personality disorder).
Synonyms
- dementia praecox
- schizophrenic disorder
- schizophrenic psychosis
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- schizothymia
- schizoid personality disorder
- paranoid personality disorder
- schizotypal personality disorder
- autism
References
- schizophrenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “schizophrenia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary“schizophrenia” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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dissociation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French dissociation, from Latin dissoci?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??s????ie???n/ (UK)
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
dissociation (countable and uncountable, plural dissociations)
- The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.
- (chemistry) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (psychology) A defence mechanism where certain thoughts or mental processes are compartmentalised in order to avoid emotional stress to the conscious mind.
- 1999, Joan d'Arc and Al Hidell, The Conspiracy Reader: From the Deaths of JFK and John Lennon to Government-Sponsored Alien Cover-Ups
- Project MONARCH could be best described as a form of structured dissociation and occultic integration, carried out in order to compartmentalize the mind into multiple personalities within a systematic framework.
- 1999, Joan d'Arc and Al Hidell, The Conspiracy Reader: From the Deaths of JFK and John Lennon to Government-Sponsored Alien Cover-Ups
Related terms
- dissociate
- dissociative
Translations
Danish
Noun
dissociation c (singular definite dissociationen, plural indefinite dissociationer)
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Declension
Related terms
- dissociere
Further reading
- “dissociation” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From Latin dissociatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.s?.sja.sj??/
Noun
dissociation f (plural dissociations)
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Related terms
- dissociatif
- dissocier
Further reading
- “dissociation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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