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heboid

/ˈhiːˌbɔɪd/

heboid adjective: of or relating to hebephrenia.

Adjective

heboid (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to hebephrenia.
    • Wittman rated the case histories of 167 male patients on three main types of abnormal reaction which it was thought would correspond to the three "-penias" described above-affective (manic-depressive), paranoid, and heboid (hebephrenic) reactions.1965, Leona E. Tyler, The Psychology of Human Differences, 3rd edition, New York, NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, page 441
    • The third, or heboid, component represents the hebephrenic form of schizophrenia. […] Sheldon's finding that delinquents tended to exhibit more affective than paranoid or heboid characteristics.1985, Calvin S. Hall, Gardner Lindzey, Introduction to Theories of Personality, New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, pages 400-401
  2. Of or relating to heboidophrenia.

Noun

heboid

  1. A behavioral disorder in adolescents, marked by severe impairment of social behavior, loss of higher emotions, and a prevalence of antisocial impulses. It is characterized by callousness, lack of empathy, a tendency to commit petty crimes, and a disregard for social norms, often emerging during puberty.
    Synonyms:
    heboidophrenia

Synonyms of heboid

Origin of heboid

From hebe- + -oid, from Ancient Greek ἥβη (hḗbē, “youthful beauty”) (also Ἥβη (Hḗbē, “the goddess Hebe”)).

Questions about heboid

What does heboid mean?
Heboid means of or relating to hebephrenia.
What part of speech is heboid?
Heboid can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce heboid?
Heboid is pronounced /ˈhiːˌbɔɪd/.

Words near heboid in the dictionary

  1. hebetudinous
  2. Hebi
  3. hebiatrics
  4. Hebner
  5. Hebners
  6. heboid
  7. heboidophrenia
  8. hebon
  9. hebona
  10. Hebonics
  11. hebophile

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