schizophrenic
/ˌskɪtsəˈfɹɛnɪk/
schizophrenic adjective: of or relating to schizophrenia.
Adjective
schizophrenic (comparative more schizophrenic, superlative most schizophrenic)
- Of or relating to schizophrenia.
- Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
- Exhibiting more than one personality; having a wildly changeable personality.
- Schizophrenia is where two or more personalities live in the same brain. The ancients of the 20th Century actually looked upon schizophrenia as a disease! Everyone felt it was very shameful to have a schizophrenic person in the family,1951, Wyman Guin, “Beyond Bedlam”, in Galaxy Science Fiction
- The average person is afraid that such a common experience means that he is "splitting off" and becoming schizophrenic.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 220
- Having qualities that strongly conflict or are at odds.
- Höss, a man of schizophrenic sensibility, preferred gassing to shooting because he was “spared all these bloodbaths.”1975, Lucy S. Dawidowicz, The War Against the Jews 1933-1945
- That feverish response and Jackson's infamous negative attitude towards his fans contributed to a performance which was schizophrenic at best. The program was divided into three sections, distinguishable only by the fact that slide projections on the side of the stage informed us that we were now...1986 August 9, Christopher Wittke, “Joe Jackson: Friend or 'Phobe?”, in Gay Community News, page 6
Noun
schizophrenic (plural schizophrenics)
- A person suffering from schizophrenia.
- Oh, what an extraordinary idea! I have served 11 governments in the past 30 years. If I'd believed in all their policies, [proceeds to describe contradictory policies by different parties], but above all, I would have been a stark-staring raving schizophrenic! (laugh track).1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Whisky Priest”, in Yes, Minister, season 3, episode 20, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)
schizophrenic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
schizophrenic in Hindi
- स्किज़ोफ्रेनिक, सिज़ोफ्रेनिक, स्किजोफ्रेनिक
schizophrenic in Tamil
- புத்தி பேதித்த
schizophrenic in Marathi
- स्किझोफ्रेनिक, सिझोफ्रेनिक
schizophrenic in Urdu
- مریض شقاق
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- schizophrenic in Bengali
- সিজোফ্রেনিক, স্কিজোফ্রেনিক
- schizophrenic in Telugu
- స్కిజోఫ్రెనిక్, స్కిజోఫ్రేనిక్, సిజోఫ్రెనిక్
- schizophrenic in Malayalam
- സ്കീസോഫ്രീനിക്, സ്കീസോഫ്രിനിക്, സ്കീസോഫ്രെനിക്
- schizophrenic in Kannada
- ಸ್ಕಿಜೋಫ್ರೇನಿಕ್, ಸ್ಕಿಜೋಫ್ರೀನಿಕ್, ಸಿಜೋಫ್ರೇನಿಕ್
- schizophrenic in Punjabi
- ਸਿਜ਼ੋਫਰੀਨਿਕ, ਸਿਜ਼ੋਫਰੇਨਿਕ, ਸਿਜ਼ੋਫ੍ਰੇਨਿਕ
- schizophrenic in Gujarati
- સ્કિઝોફ્રેનિક, સિઝોફ્રેનિક, સ્કિઝોફ્રેનીક
- schizophrenic in Odia
- ସିଜୋଫ୍ରେନିକ୍, ସ୍କିଜୋଫ୍ରେନିକ୍, ସିଜୋଫ୍ରେନିକ
- schizophrenic in Nepali
- सिजोफ्रेनिक, स्किजोफ्रेनिक, सिज़ोफ्रेनिक
Examples of schizophrenic in a sentence
- That feverish response and Jackson's infamous negative attitude towards his fans contributed to a performance which was schizophrenic at best.1986 August 9, Christopher Wittke, “Joe Jackson: Friend or 'Phobe?”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
- Society currently displays a schizophrenic attitude to drug abuse.2011, Edmund Hey, Neonatal Formulary: Drug Use in Pregnancy and the First Year of Life:
- The neoclassical synthesis was a schizophrenic approach to economics – a way of subscribing to both Keynesian and classical analysis.2012, Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman, Hahn and Economic Methodology:
Forms of schizophrenic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more schizophrenic |
| superlative | most schizophrenic |
| Noun | |
| plural | schizophrenics |
Origin of schizophrenic
From schizophrenia + -ic.
Words formed from schizophrenic
Phrases with schizophrenic
Words that rhyme with schizophrenic
- autogenic
- Hellenic
- heterogenic
- photogenic
- allergenic
- angiotenic
- anthropogenic
- biogenic
- cacogenic
- cariogenic
- catagenic
- dysgenic
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- eugenic
- hypoallergenic
- mutagenic
- oncogenic
- pathogenic
- phrenic
- pyrogenic
- selenic
- telegenic
- anogenic
- antigenic
- asthenic
- callisthenic
- carcinogenic
- cinegenic
- cryogenic
- cytogenic
- dissociogenic
- dynamogenic
- fennec
- fibroadipogenic
- galenic
- haemogenic
- hallucinogenic
- ketogenic
- lactigenic
- linolenic
- multiantigenic
- neurasthenic
- neuritogenic
- nonleukemogenic
- ontogenic
- paratenic
- prothrombogenic
- spermatogenic
- sthenic
- supramitogenic
- thermogenic
- thiophenic
- thrombogenic
- toxicogenic
- tungstenic
- typhogenic
- zoogenic
Questions about schizophrenic
- What does schizophrenic mean?
- Schizophrenic means of or relating to schizophrenia.
- What is schizophrenic in Hindi?
- Schizophrenic in Hindi is स्किज़ोफ्रेनिक, सिज़ोफ्रेनिक, स्किजोफ्रेनिक. See Schizophrenic meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use schizophrenic in a sentence?
- That feverish response and Jackson's infamous negative attitude towards his fans contributed to a performance which was schizophrenic at best.
- What part of speech is schizophrenic?
- Schizophrenic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce schizophrenic?
- Schizophrenic is pronounced /ˌskɪtsəˈfɹɛnɪk/.
Words near schizophrenic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: schizophrenic (page history and authors); schizophrenic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); schizophrenic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); schizophrenic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); schizophrenic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); schizophrenic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); schizophrenic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); schizophrenic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); schizophrenic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); schizophrenic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); schizophrenic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); schizophrenic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); schizophrenic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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