schizoid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
schizo(phrenia)- + -oid, from German, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) and εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
schizoid (comparative more schizoid, superlative most schizoid)
- Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.
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- 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.
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- (archaic) schizophrenic
- (figuratively) 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.
- 1972, Roy Temple House, Ernst Erich Noth, Books Abroad (volume 46, page 32)
Translations[edit]
characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity
Noun[edit]
schizoid (plural schizoids)
- (psychiatry) someone with schizoid personality disorder
- (archaic) someone with schizophrenia
Translations[edit]
someone with schizoid personality disorder
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References[edit]
- “schizoid” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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