esquizoide

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German schizoid, from Schizophrenie and +‎ -oide.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /eskiˈθoide/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eskiˈsoide/
  • Rhymes: -oide
  • Syllabification: es‧qui‧zoi‧de

Adjective

esquizoide m or f (masculine and feminine plural esquizoides)

  1. schizoid
    • 2016 November 15, “Condenado a 18 años de prisión el violador de la Diagonal por agresiones en Castellón”, in El País:
      “Ciertamente puede presentar rasgos de personalidad esquizoide pero que en absoluto afectan a la íntegra conservación de las bases biológicas de su imputabilidad, comprendiendo perfectamente y, sin perjuicio de la particular moralidad de cada uno, la distinción entre el bien y el mal”, recoge el fallo.
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Noun

esquizoide m or f by sense (plural esquizoides)

  1. schizoid

References

  1. ^ esquizoide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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