different between schizophrenia vs hyperconnectivity

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)

1. (pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
2. (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.

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

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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.

English

Etymology

hyper- +? connectivity

Noun

hyperconnectivity (countable and uncountable, plural hyperconnectivities)

1. (computing) The state of a network in which the number of nodes is far in excess of the number of users.
2. (pathology) The state of the brain, in schizophrenia or epileptic seizure, in which an excessive number of connections are made between neurons.
3. Increased connectedness of human beings through social media, etc.

Synonyms

• (excessive connections between neurons): hyperconnection
• (increased connectedness of human beings): hyperconnectedness