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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)
- Of or relating to schizophrenia.
- (of a person) Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
- (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.
- 2012, Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman, Hahn and Economic Methodology
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)
- A person suffering from schizophrenia.
Translations
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schizoid
English
Etymology
schizo(phrenia)- +? -oid, from German, from Ancient Greek ????? (skhíz?, “to split”) and ????? (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sk?ts??d/, /?sk?dz??d/
- Hyphenation: schiz?oid
Adjective
schizoid (comparative more schizoid, superlative most schizoid)
- Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.
- Abstract symbol systems, such as mathematics, are especially valuable for object-seeking for schizoid personalities. By means of such symbolizations, object contact may be sought and obtained, while at the same time a psychological distance may be maintained between self and other; it is virtually impossible to have a personal relationship and at the same time to maintain such distance.
- (archaic) schizophrenic
- (figuratively) Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable.
- 1972, Roy Temple House, Ernst Erich Noth, Books Abroad (volume 46, page 32)
- Babits himself never fully lived up to this program; indeed, the declaration itself shows his schizoid attitude toward poetry: he wants to say out loud that he does not want to be heard.
- 1972, Roy Temple House, Ernst Erich Noth, Books Abroad (volume 46, page 32)
Translations
Noun
schizoid (plural schizoids)
- (psychiatry) someone with schizoid personality disorder
- (archaic) someone with schizophrenia
Translations
References
- “schizoid” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Romanian
Etymology
From French schizoïde
Adjective
schizoid m or n (feminine singular schizoid?, masculine plural schizoizi, feminine and neuter plural schizoide)
- schizoid
Declension
schizoid From the web:
- what schizoid personality disorder
- what's schizoid fantasy
- what's schizoid embolism
- what are schizoid tendencies
- schizoaffective disorder
- what is schizoid adaptation
- what do schizoids think about
- what are schizoids like
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