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schizoid vs. schizophrenia

[ skit-soid ]
    [ skit-suh-free-nee-uh, -freen-yuh ]
    noun
    1. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
    2. a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements.

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