schizophrenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌskɪtsəˈfɹiniə/
ipa: /ˌskɪtsəˈfɹɛniə/
ipa: /skɪtsə(ʊ)ˈfɹiːniə/
Forms: form: schizophrenias
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.
Senses: examples: text: Increasing data suggests that regular marijuana use in adolescence may also be a risk factor for developing very serious psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia.
ref: 2014 January 24, Dr. Charles Raison, “Here’s what to do about your anxiety”, in CNN:
text: 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.
ref: 2021 July 22, Katie Hunt, “Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the rise, study finds”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1946, George O. Smith, “Trouble”, in Astounding Science-Fiction:
glosses: A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder.
examples: text: [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.
ref: 2006, Bertus Praeg, Ethiopia and Political Renaissance in Africa, page 213:
text: 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.
ref: 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 305:
glosses: Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
Synonyms: dementia praecox
schizophrenic disorder
schizophrenic psychosis
Hyponyms: borderline schizophrenia
catatonic schizophrenia
disorganized schizophrenia
hebephrenic schizophrenia
latent schizophrenia
object schizophrenia
paranoid schizophrenia
paraphrenic schizophrenia
pseudoneurotic schizophrenia
reactive schizophrenia
Derived terms: antischizophrenia
borderline schizophrenia
catatonic schizophrenia
disorganized schizophrenia
hebephrenic schizophrenia
latent schizophrenia
nonschizophrenia
object schizophrenia
paranoid schizophrenia
paraphrenic schizophrenia
pseudoschizophrenia
reactive schizophrenia
Russophrenia
schizophrene
schizophrenese
schizophreniac
schizophrenialike
schizophrenia spectrum
schizophrenic
schizophreniform
schizophrenogenesis
schizophrenogenic
sluggish schizophrenia
Related terms: frantic
frenetic
frenzied
frenzy
phrenology
schism
schist
schizencephaly
schizothymia
schizoid personality disorder
paranoid personality disorder
schizotypal personality disorder
autism