different between schizophrenic vs schizzy

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

English

Alternative forms

• schizy

Etymology

schiz- +? diminutive with -y.

Adjective

schizzy (comparative more schizzy, superlative most schizzy)

1. (slang, derogatory) schizoid, schizophrenic; crazy
   • 1983, ?duard Limonov, It's me, Eddie: a fictional memoir

     But a Russian, in my observation, can go schizzy from just about anything, except from losing his job. She went schizzy. She was depressed for almost two years and still has her ups and downs.

   • 2003, Rex Miller, Iceman (page 77)

     Typically he's schizzy or immature or homosexual, or in the exceptional cases such as you have to deal with, a total psychotic personality.

   • 2003, Charles Goodwin, Conversation and brain damage (page 45)

     But, to cite an older example, not everything that schizophrenics say or think is "schizzy," and some of the things that are are not schizzy in principle, only in mode or degree of realization.

Derived terms

• schiziness

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