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noun
A form of schizophrenia characterized by inappropriate behavior and emotional responses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: clinical-psychology, human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A type of mental disorder occurring during puberty characterized by silly behavior and inappropriate laughter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hebephrenic schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox
History
From Ancient Greek ἥβη (hḗbē, “youthful beauty”) (also Ἥβη (Hḗbē, “the goddess Hebe”)) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”).
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
