schizoid

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) +‎ -oid, from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɪtsɔɪd/, /ˈskɪdzɔɪd/

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^[1], →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

characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity

• French: schizoïde (fr)
• German: schizoid (de)
• Greek: σχιζοειδής (el) (schizoeidís)
• Indonesian: skizoid (id)
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• Italian: schizoide (it)
• Japanese: スキゾイド (sukizoido), 分裂病質 (bunretsu byōshitsu), 統合失調質 (tōgō shitchō shitsu)
• Russian: шизо́идный (ru) (šizóidnyj)

Noun

schizoid (plural schizoids)

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

Translations

someone with schizoid personality disorder

• French: schizoïde (fr) m or f
• Irish: sciotsóideach m
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• Italian: schizoide (it) m or f
• Japanese: スキゾイド患者 (sukizoido kanja)
• Russian: шизо́ид (ru) m (šizóid)
• Turkish: şizoid (tr)

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• Armenian: ^{(please verify)} շիզոիդ (hy) (šizoid)
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} skizoid
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} შიზოიდ (šizoid)
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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} סְכִיזוֹאִיד
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} schizoid