schizophrenic
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- noun
- /ˌskɪtsəˈfrɛnɪk/
- Specialized
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persona con esquizofrenia
- Many misconceptions surround the life of a schizophrenic and their journey toward recovery.
And Glob says it's a massive problem for the schizophrenic to relate to the school.
- And Glob says it's a massive problem for the schizophrenic to relate to the school.
- So straight away they were looking for DMT in schizophrenics.
- Isn't Kanye West like a diagnosed schizophrenic?
- So you've got antisocial personality disorders and you've got schizophrenics.
- People in prison, I mean his brother Ronnie, they say he was, he was a schizophrenic.
- And my mother too, who is a kind of a crazy, according to my therapist, the paranoid schizophrenic.
Examples
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Not every schizophrenic has every one of these symptoms.
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She's a schizophrenic suffering from severe delusions.
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What do the wolf and the schizophrenic have in common here?
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And Glob says it's a massive problem for the schizophrenic to relate to the school.
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As mentioned earlier, schizophrenics do not experience voices outside their heads significantly more often than inside their heads.
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I work with an outpatient program for schizophrenics.
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You've treated many schizophrenics.
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The documentary featured several interviews with schizophrenics discussing their personal experiences.
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As a volunteer, I support groups where schizophrenics share their struggles with mental health.
Synonyms
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Having a serious problem with thinking, feeling, or behaving because of a brain condition
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A person who loses touch with reality and sees or hears things that are not there
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A person who loses touch with reality and may see or hear things that are not real
Compounds
- Specialized
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A serious mental illness that makes people lose contact with reality and withdraw from others
- Specialized
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A serious mental illness where a person loses touch with reality and talks or thinks in a confused way
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A short time when someone suddenly has severe symptoms of schizophrenia
Surface Forms
Morphology
schizophrenic = schizophrenic (transparent) = schizo + phren + ic
The noun is a standard conversion from the adjective 'schizophrenic' meaning a person affected by schizophrenia.
Etymology
Schizophrenic as a noun is built from schizo- 'split' and -phren 'mind', so it literally means a 'split mind'; a helpful way to remember it is to link it to the common word 'mind'. It is used for a person who has schizophrenia, a serious illness that affects thinking and perception, and this does not mean the person has two different people inside them.