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schizoid
[ skit-soid ]
adjective
- Psychology. of or relating to a personality disorder marked by dissociation, passivity, withdrawal, inability to form warm social relationships, and indifference to praise or criticism.
- Informal. of or relating to schizophrenia or to multiple personality.
noun
- a schizoid person.
schizoid
/ ˈɪٲɔɪ /
adjective
- psychol denoting a personality disorder characterized by lack of close relationships with other people and more than usual self-absorption
- informal.characterized by or showing conflicting or contradictory attitudes, ideas, etc
noun
- a person who has a schizoid personality
Usage
Other yvlog Forms
- ܲ·o adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of schizoid1
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Example Sentences
It’s also a reminder that the nuclear-age ’50s were the last great movie era to turn universal terror into merrily schizoid audience fare.
Masursky cited numerous mental health issues Dervish dealt with including psychosis, autism with schizoid features and clinical depression.
The effect is a little schizoid, however, and it’s hard to know how to take the series at first, what’s meant to be funny ha-ha and what’s meant to be funny strange.
As the title implies, “Mother/Android” is a bit of a schizoid thing.
Armchair psychiatrists watching at home have diagnosed Dexter as a sociopath and a secret schizoid.
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