schizophrenia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌskɪtsəˈfɹiniə/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /skɪtsə(ʊ)ˈfɹiːniə/ (UK)
- /ˌskɪtsəˈfɹɛniə/ (US)
Etymology
From German Schizophrenie (coined by Eugen Bleuler), from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, heart, diaphragm”) + English -ia. A combination of schizo- + -phrenia.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
In 1995, 2% of schizophrenia diagnoses in the country were associated with cannabis use disorder. In 2000, it increased to around 4%. Since 2010, that figure increased to 8%, the study found.
2021 July 22, Katie Hunt, “Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the rise, study finds”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022:Increasing data suggests that regular marijuana use in adolescence may also be a risk factor for developing very serious psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia.
2014 January 24, Dr. Charles Raison, “Here’s what to do about your anxiety”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 May 2022:
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(countable, proscribed, uncountable) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder.
You have enough money to afford schizophrenia for a while. Especially if the personality B dreams up things that personality A makes practical, financially advantageous use of.
1946, George O. Smith, “Trouble”, in Astounding Science-Fiction:
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(countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
[O]ne can understand how the cultural disorientation which beset the African Continent has confused Africa's political behaviour, creating a political schizophrenia that made nation-building impossible.
2006, Bertus Praeg, Ethiopia and Political Renaissance in Africa, page 213:Nevertheless, a certain amount of schizophrenia pertains to the study of World Englishes as New Englishes, for while new Englishes are regarded as valid varieties in their own right, the description and delineation of them in linguistic terms is conducted through the gaze of native-speaker norms.
2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 305:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| schizophrenias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
schizophrenese · borderline schizophrenia · schizophrenia spectrum · schizophrene · schizophrenialike · paraphrenic schizophrenia · Russophrenia · latent schizophrenia · disorganized schizophrenia · schizophrenogenesis · antischizophrenia · paranoid schizophrenia · pseudoschizophrenia · sluggish schizophrenia · schizophrenic · hebephrenic schizophrenia · reactive schizophrenia · schizophreniform · nonschizophrenia · catatonic schizophrenia · object schizophrenia · schizophreniac · schizophrenogenic
Hyponyms
object schizophrenia · reactive schizophrenia · borderline schizophrenia · hebephrenic schizophrenia · paranoid schizophrenia · disorganized schizophrenia · paraphrenic schizophrenia · latent schizophrenia · catatonic schizophrenia · pseudoneurotic schizophrenia
Relateds
frenetic · schism · frenzy · schist · schizotypal personality disorder · schizencephaly · frantic · autism · schizothymia · schizoid personality disorder · phrenology · paranoid personality disorder · frenzied
Synonyms
schizophrenic psychosis · schizophrenic disorder · dementia praecox
Translations (153)
sl shizofreníja (mental disorder) · eu eskizofrenia (mental disorder) · mn оюун мэдрэл сарних хэм (mental disorder) · fr schizophrénie (mental disorder) · gd sgoltadh-inntinn (mental disorder) · ml സ്കിസോഫ്രീനിയ (mental disorder) · hy շիզոֆրենիա (mental disorder) · sd اسڪيزوفرنيا (mental disorder) · kl skizofrenii (mental disorder) · lv šizofrēnija (mental disorder) · kk шизофрения (mental disorder) · ml ചിത്തഭ്രമം (mental disorder) · pa ਦੁਫਾੜ ਮਾਨਸਿਕਤਾ (mental disorder) · bn সিজোফ্রেনিয়া (mental disorder) · et skisofreenia (mental disorder) · la morbus dissidentiae phreneticae (mental disorder) · sh шизофрѐнија (mental disorder) · hu szkizofrénia (mental disorder) · el σχιζοφρένεια (informal: condition in which disparate activities coexist) · ckb شیزۆفرێنیا (mental disorder) · ky шизофрения (mental disorder) · gl esquizofrenia (mental disorder) · te స్కిజోఫ్రీనియా (mental disorder) · ms skizofrenia (mental disorder) · ca esquizofrènia (mental disorder) · uk шизофрені́я (mental disorder) · af skisofrenie (mental disorder) · hu skizofrénia (mental disorder) · my စိတ်ကစဉ့်ကလျားရောဂါ (mental disorder) · gd sgiotsoifrinia (mental disorder) · mi pōauau (mental disorder) · sv schizofreni (mental disorder) · mk шизофренија (mental disorder) · kn ಸ್ಕಿಝೋಫ್ರೇನಿಯ (mental disorder) · ur انفصام (mental disorder) · yi סכיזאָפֿרעניע (mental disorder) · fa شیزوفرنی (mental disorder) · de Schizophrenie (informal: condition in which disparate activities coexist) · ar اِنْفِصَامُ الشَّخْصِيَّة (mental disorder) · mn хий солио (mental disorder) · la dēmentia praecox (mental disorder) · ko 조현병 (mental disorder) · pl schizofrenia (informal: condition in which disparate activities coexist) · ur شیزوفرینیا (mental disorder) · be шызафрэнія (mental disorder) · tl eskisoprenya (mental disorder) · mg aretin-tsaina (mental disorder) · cmn 精神分裂症 (mental disorder) · ps سکیزفرینیا (mental disorder) · si ශිශ්රෝපනය (mental disorder) · or ସିଜୋଫ୍ରେନିଆ (mental disorder) · ta ஸ்கிசோஃப்ரினியா (mental disorder) · mn шизофрени (mental disorder) · arz شيزوفرينيا (mental disorder) · vi tâm thần phân liệt (mental disorder) · kmr şîzofrenî (mental disorder) · nn schizofreni (mental disorder) · tt шизофрения (mental disorder) · zu bayasangana (mental disorder) · nan-hbl chêng-sîn-hun-lia̍t (mental disorder) · am አኩሶዞረንያ (mental disorder) · sw skizofrenia (mental disorder) · sd شيزوروفيا (mental disorder) · lt šizofrènija (mental disorder) · th โรคจิตเภท (mental disorder) · ja 統合失調症 (mental disorder) · mr छिन्नमनस्कता (mental disorder) · la schizophrenia (mental disorder) · tr usyarılım (mental disorder) · id skizofrenia (mental disorder) · fi jakomielinen tilanne (informal: condition in which disparate activities coexist) · de Schizophrenie (mental disorder) · mn ᠣᠶᠤᠨ ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠷᠡᠯ ᠰᠠᠷᠨᠢᠬᠤ ᠬᠡᠮ (mental disorder) · da ungdomssløvsind (mental disorder) · pt esquizofrenia (informal: condition in which disparate activities coexist) · is geðklofi (mental disorder) · ru схизофрени́я (mental disorder) · bg шизофрени́я (mental disorder) · az şizofreniya (mental disorder) · jv skizofrénia (mental disorder) · mi tuakoi (mental disorder) · mzn اسکیزوفرنی (mental disorder) · pl schiza (informal: condition in which disparate activities coexist) · he שַׁסַּעַת (mental disorder) · mn ᠰᠢᠽᠣᠹᠷᠧᠨᠢ (mental disorder) · yue 思覺失調症 /思觉失调症 (mental disorder) · ar شيزوفرينيا (mental disorder) · tr şizofreni (mental disorder) · kn ಇಚ್ಚಿತ್ತ ವಿಕಲತೆ (mental disorder) · el σχιζοφρένεια (mental disorder) · ko 정신분열증 (mental disorder) · ta கிசோபிரோனியா (mental disorder) · so iskiitsofiriiniya (mental disorder) · fa اسکیزوفرنی (mental disorder) · cs schizofrenie (mental disorder) · qu waq'akay (mental disorder) · hi मनोविदलता (mental disorder) · nb schizofreni (mental disorder) · mt skizofrenija (mental disorder) · ba шизофрения (mental disorder) · ta பிளவுபட்ட மனநோய் (mental disorder) · ht eskizofreni (mental disorder) · fi jakomielisyys (mental disorder) · mi māuiui wairua tuakoi (mental disorder) · sh šizofrènija (mental disorder) · nv bił áhátʼį́įgo tsʼindídááh (mental disorder) · mn ᠬᠡᠢ ᠰᠣᠯᠢᠶᠠ (mental disorder) · uz shizofreniya (mental disorder) · cmn 思覺失調症 /思觉失调症 (mental disorder) · fi skitsofrenia (mental disorder) · da skizofreni (mental disorder) · be схізафрэнія (mental disorder) · ga scitsifréine (mental disorder) · it schizofrenia (mental disorder) · pl schizofrenia (mental disorder) · ig isi mgbaka (mental disorder) · ta மனப்பித்து (mental disorder) · sh схизофрѐнија (mental disorder) · tg маҷзубият (mental disorder) · la dēmentia præcox (mental disorder) · io skizofrenio (mental disorder) · gd dà-urrachas (mental disorder) · ar الْفِصَام الذُّهَانِيّ (mental disorder) · ia schizophrenia (mental disorder) · ru шизофрени́я (mental disorder) · yue 精神分裂症 (mental disorder) · ar فُصَام (mental disorder) · si හින්නෝන්මාදය (mental disorder) · fi jakomielitauti (mental disorder) · fa روانگسیختگی (mental disorder) · ast esquizofrenia (mental disorder) · ro schizofrenie (mental disorder) · ka შიზოფრენია (mental disorder) · ny misala (mental disorder) · cy sgitsoffrenia (mental disorder) · gu સ્કિઝોફ્રેનિઆ (mental disorder) · ja 精神分裂病 (mental disorder) · yo rudurudu ti ọpọlọ (mental disorder) · war eskisofrenya (mental disorder) · scn schizzufrinìa (mental disorder) · mt iskiżofrenja (mental disorder) · sq skizofrenia (mental disorder) · es esquizofrenia (mental disorder) · vep šizofrenii (mental disorder) · sk schizofrénia (mental disorder) · he סְכִיזוֹפְרֶנְיָה (mental disorder) · nl schizofrenie (mental disorder) · eo skizofrenio (mental disorder) · el σχιζοφρενία (mental disorder) · sh shizofrènija (mental disorder) · ar اِنْشِطَار الشَّخْصِيَّة (mental disorder) · an esquizofrenia (mental disorder) · pt esquizofrenia (mental disorder)