schizoid
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- adjective
- /ˈskɪtsɔɪd/
- Specialized
:
esquizoide
- This is a schizoid society, Kemp.
- schizoid personality
- paranoid-schizoid
Examples
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This is not to suggest a schizoid personality.
Academic text (1996) -
I posted on the schizoid forum but left with as many questions as answers.
Blog text (21) -
And so they did all these tests and stuff and they found out she was like schizoid and stuff.
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I also have schizoid tendencies.
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Strong indications of a schizoid personality.
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I've done my reading and there are two things which seem to describe me well: schizoid or sociopath.
Blog text (21) -
There are many hypotheses concerning the causes of schizophrenic and schizoid states of mind.
Academic text (1990) -
First it was borderline personality, then severe depression, yesterday, she said it was antisocial with schizoid tendency.
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Patient is eine manic-depressive paranoid, type B... ...with acute schizoid tendencies.
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Dr. Hogenmiller was a schizoid personality who generally eschewed social relationships.
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Antonyms
Compounds
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A pattern of avoiding people and showing little interest in close relationships
A way of living when a person avoids other people and keeps their feelings to themselves
How Withdrawn
Surface Forms
Morphology
schizoid = schizo (semi-transparent) = schiz + oid
Contains the combining form 'schiz-' (not a standalone English word) plus the productive suffix '-oid' meaning 'resembling'; learners familiar with 'schizophrenia' or '-oid' may infer the meaning, but the root is not a common standalone word.
Etymology
Schizoid comes from the Greek parts schizo- meaning 'to split' and -oid meaning 'like'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine someone 'split off' from other people, which is why schizoid describes a personality that is emotionally distant or withdrawn.