schizoid
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- noun
- /ˈskɪt͡sɔɪd/
- Specialized
:
esquizoide
- My sister was killed by a lowlife schizoid.
Examples
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It's really a schizoid's nightmare at times.
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What are you, like, some multiple personality schizoid?
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I wonder what the schizoids said, if they responded at all.
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Uh, Davey, I love you man but uh, you do kinda sound like a schizoid.
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She had taken it well, though in psychiatry a belief in a double is the kind of thing that turns up in schizoids facing death.
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You foisted off as he says this schizoid girl on me to flunk the test and now I'm not going to get to try it out on any of your actual androids.
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The schizoids frequently fall into reactive psychotic states so similar in appearance to schizophrenia that they lead to misdiagnoses.
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Many schizoids find it difficult to form close friendships due to their emotional detachment.
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He was often labeled a schizoid because of his tendency to avoid social gatherings.
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Some schizoids exhibit a preference for solitary activities, avoiding interaction with others.
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How Withdrawn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 = schizoid (opaque) = schizo + oid
The noun is a conversion from the adjective 'schizoid', but the adjective itself is a technical term whose meaning is not readily recoverable for most learners.
Etymology
Schizoid as a noun uses the same Greek parts schizo- 'to split' and -oid 'like'. Think of a person who seems 'split off' from social life; a schizoid is someone who often appears emotionally detached and prefers little social contact.