(informal, figurative) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
schizophrenia
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for schizophrenia.
Editorial note
There is very likely no causative relationship between passion for math or science and schizophrenia.
Quick take
(informal, figurative) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of schizophrenia gathered in one view.
(now deprecated) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder.
(pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for schizophrenia.
noun
(informal, figurative) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
See also: dementia-praecox, schizophrenic-disorder, schizophrenic-psychosis
noun
(now deprecated) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder.
See also: dementia-praecox, schizophrenic-disorder, schizophrenic-psychosis
noun
(pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
See also: dementia-praecox, schizophrenic-disorder, schizophrenic-psychosis
Example sentences
There is very likely no causative relationship between passion for math or science and schizophrenia.
It's been said before and it'll be said again, schizophrenia is not a catch-all excuse for someone in a public forum.
They just need a powerful lobby - one day depression/anxiety/schizophrenia will be declassified as disorders - just like it happened to homosexuality.
People tend to mis-misuse Schizophrenia when they actually want to misuse Multiple Personality Disorder.
You see higher rates of schizophrenia amoung homeless people in countries that have free health care and enough in-patient mental health beds.
That's probably not the case for eg schizophrenia or bi-polar, although there's probably genetic factors pre-disposing people to these illnesses for many cases.
CBD bears investigation in epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric disorders, including anxiety, schizophrenia, addiction, and neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia are more likely to manifest in those already susceptible to them, if they are subject to sleep deprivation.
His change in the religious direction started when his schizophrenia went untreated.
I received a 35 and I'm actually on the schizophrenia spectrum with a disorder that actually requires ruling out ASD.
But I don't ever user schizophrenia this way because a lot of people strongly dislike it.
A detailed and readworthy biography about his professional career, his schizophrenia and his religion was published in Vice magazine in the fall of the previous year.
Quote examples
"Demon possession" during bible days was likely a form of mental illness, and those who genuinely heard "God" might have either been on psychedelics or had genuine conditions (schizophrenia comes to mind).
I quite like the word "schizophrenic" to refer to someone "in two minds" (but not with multiple personalities), and I prefer "psychosis" (or other more accurate terms) to "schizophrenia".
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use schizophrenia in a sentence?
There is very likely no causative relationship between passion for math or science and schizophrenia.
What does schizophrenia mean?
(informal, figurative) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
What part of speech is schizophrenia?
schizophrenia is commonly used as noun.