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SCHIZOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does schizoid mean?
• SCHIZOID (noun)
The noun SCHIZOID has 1 sense:
1. characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia
Familiarity information: SCHIZOID used as a noun is very rare.
• SCHIZOID (adjective)
The adjective SCHIZOID has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia
2. marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships
Familiarity information: SCHIZOID used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
schizoid; schizotypal personality
Hypernyms ("schizoid" is a kind of...):
personality disorder (inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
schizoid; schizophrenic
Pertainym:
schizophrenia (any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships
Similar:
neurotic; psychoneurotic (affected with emotional disorder)
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