schizophrenogenic

American

[skit-suh-free-nuh-jen-ik, -fren-] / ˌskɪt səˌfri nəˈdʒɛn ɪk, -ˌfrɛn- /

adjective

causative of schizophrenia.

schizophrenogenic British

/ -ˌfrɛnəʊ-, ˌskɪtsəʊˌfriːnəʊˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

tending to cause schizophrenia

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Etymology

Origin of schizophrenogenic

First recorded in 1945–50; schizophren(ia) + -o- + -genic

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As recently as the 1950s, psychiatrists blamed the disorder on parents, specifically a cold, "schizophrenogenic" mother, though Freud himself had concluded that the illness had biological roots.

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