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paraschizophrenic

paraschizophrenic adjective: related to paraschizophrenia.

Adjective

paraschizophrenic (not comparable)

  1. Related to paraschizophrenia
    • he did consider that, at the time of the killing, Mrs. Kovert suffered from a paraschizophrenic condition, and was a totally irresponsible psychotic whom neither policemen, nor the entire United States Army, would have deterred from the homicide. He termed "ridiculous" the findings of a sanity...1955, Court-martial Reports: Holdings and Decisions of the Judge Advocates General, Boards of Review and United States Court of Military Appeals, Volume 19, page 178
    • The paraschizophrenic borderline, or "borderline schizophrenic," is somewhat, or almost but not quite, schizophrenic. Unlike disorganizing schizophrenics, who are confused .. Some paraschizophrenic borderlines are in fact physically different. They may be tall, angular, bony. They may have, like...1992, Diagnosis and Treatment of the Personality Disorders, page 142

Examples of paraschizophrenic in a sentence

  • Kovert suffered from a paraschizophrenic condition, and was a totally irresponsible psychotic whom neither policemen, nor the entire United States Army, would have deterred from the homicide.1955, Court-martial Reports: Holdings and Decisions of the Judge Advocates General, Boards of Review and United States Court of Military...
  • The paraschizophrenic borderline, or "borderline schizophrenic," is somewhat, or almost but not quite, schizophrenic.1992, Diagnosis and Treatment of the Personality Disorders, page 142:

Origin of paraschizophrenic

From para- + schizophrenic.

Questions about paraschizophrenic

What does paraschizophrenic mean?
Paraschizophrenic means related to paraschizophrenia.
How do you use paraschizophrenic in a sentence?
Kovert suffered from a paraschizophrenic condition, and was a totally irresponsible psychotic whom neither policemen, nor the entire United States Army, would have deterred from the homicide.
What part of speech is paraschizophrenic?
Paraschizophrenic is an adjective.

Words near paraschizophrenic in the dictionary

  1. parasceve
  2. parasceves
  3. paraschachnerite
  4. paraschematic
  5. paraschizophrenia
  6. paraschizophrenic
  7. paraschoepite
  8. parascholarship
  9. parascholzite
  10. parascience
  11. parasciences

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