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- Word comparison: schizoid vs. schizophrenia
schizoid vs. schizophrenia
adjective
Psychology., of or relating to a personality disorder marked by dissociation, passivity, withdrawal, inability to form warm social relationships, and indifference to praise or criticism.
Informal., of or relating to schizophrenia or to multiple personality.
noun
a schizoid person.
noun
Formerly dementia praecox. Psychiatry., a spectrum of mental disorders characterized by emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, hallucinations, or a combination of any of these symptoms.
Sometimes Offensive., a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements.