schizoid

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English

Etymology

From schizo(phrenia)- +‎ -oid, from German, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, to split) and εἶδος (eîdos, form, likeness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɪtsɔɪd/, /ˈskɪdzɔɪd/
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  • Hyphenation: schiz‧oid

Adjective

schizoid (comparative more schizoid, superlative most schizoid)

  1. Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.
    • 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 8, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 135:
      Abstract symbol systems, such as mathematics, are especially valuable for object-seeking for schizoid personalities. By means of such symbolizations, object contact may be sought and obtained, while at the same time a psychological distance may be maintained between self and other; it is virtually impossible to have a personal relationship and at the same time to maintain such distance.
  2. (archaic) schizophrenic
  3. (figurative) Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable.
    • 1972, Roy Temple House, Ernst Erich Noth, Books Abroad, volume 46, page 32:
      Babits himself never fully lived up to this program; indeed, the declaration itself shows his schizoid attitude toward poetry: he wants to say out loud that he does not want to be heard.

Translations

Noun

schizoid (plural schizoids)

  1. (psychiatry) someone with schizoid personality disorder
  2. (archaic) someone with schizophrenia

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French schizoïde.

Adjective

schizoid m or n (feminine singular schizoidă, masculine plural schizoizi, feminine and neuter plural schizoide)

  1. schizoid

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite schizoid schizoidă schizoizi schizoide
definite schizoidul schizoida schizoizii schizoidele
genitive-
dative
indefinite schizoid schizoide schizoizi schizoide
definite schizoidului schizoidei schizoizilor schizoidelor

Swedish

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Adjective

schizoid (not comparable)

  1. schizoid

Declension

Inflection of schizoid
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular schizoid
neuter singular schizoit
plural schizoida
masculine plural2 schizoide
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 schizoide
all schizoida

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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