schizophrenic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌskɪtsəˈfɹɛnɪk/
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Etymology
Etymology tree English schizophrenia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English schizophrenic From schizophrenia + -ic.
Meanings
- Of or relating to schizophrenia.
- (of a person) Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
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(dated, informal) Exhibiting more than one personality; having a wildly changeable personality.
The average person is afraid that such a common experience means that he is "splitting off" and becoming schizophrenic.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 220:Schizophrenia is where two or more personalities live in the same brain. The ancients of the 20th Century actually looked upon schizophrenia as a disease! Everyone felt it was very shameful to have a schizophrenic person in the family,
1951, Wyman Guin, “Beyond Bedlam”, in Galaxy Science Fiction:
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(dated, informal) Having qualities that strongly conflict or are at odds.
Höss, a man of schizophrenic sensibility, preferred gassing to shooting because he was “spared all these bloodbaths.”
1975, Lucy S. Dawidowicz, The War Against the Jews 1933-1945:Society currently displays a schizophrenic attitude to drug abuse. We seem to accept alcohol intake and smoking during pregnancy even though we know that these drugs can be addictive, and that regular use can affect the baby.
2011, Edmund Hey, Neonatal Formulary: Drug Use in Pregnancy and the First Year of Life:The neoclassical synthesis was a schizophrenic approach to economics – a way of subscribing to both Keynesian and classical analysis.
2012, Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman, Hahn and Economic Methodology:That feverish response and Jackson's infamous negative attitude towards his fans contributed to a performance which was schizophrenic at best. The program was divided into three sections, distinguishable only by the fact that slide projections on the side of the stage informed us that we were now watching "Part 1, 2, or 3."
1986 August 9, Christopher Wittke, “Joe Jackson: Friend or 'Phobe?”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more schizophrenic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most schizophrenic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
schizophrenic pop · schizophrenic number · schizophrenic ride
Relateds
schizo · paranoid schizophrenic · nonschizophrenic
Translations (45)
gl esquizofrénico (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · hu szkizofrén (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · fi jakomielitautinen (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · uk шизофрені́чний (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · hu szkizofrén (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · hu szkizofrén (slang: behaving as if one has more than one personality) · pt esquizofrénico (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · gl esquizofrénico (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · el σχιζοφρενικός (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · ca esquizofrènic (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · ast esquizofrénicu (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · pl schizofreniczny (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · pt esquizofrénico (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · cmn 精神分裂症 (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · el σχιζοφρενής (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · es esquizofrénico (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · ru шизофрени́ческий (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · uk шизофрені́чний (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · it schizofrenico (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · be шызафрэні́чны (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · hy շիզոֆրենիկ (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · fi jakomielitautinen (slang: behaving as if one has more than one personality) · fi jakomielitautinen (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · ast esquizofrénicu (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · pt esquizofrênico (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · ru шизофре́ник (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · de schizophren (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · hu skizofrén (slang: behaving as if one has more than one personality) · ca esquizofrènic (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · pt esquizofrênico (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · nb schizofren (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · fi skitsofreeninen (slang: behaving as if one has more than one personality) · fi skitsofreeninen (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · hu skizofrén (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · de schizophren (slang: behaving as if one has more than one personality) · fr schizophrène (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · nn schizofren (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · hu skizofrén (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · nn schizofren (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · nb schizofren (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · uk шизофре́ник (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · fi skitsofreeninen (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) · es esquizofrénico (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · cs schizofrenní (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) · it schizofrenico (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia)