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noun
A temperament characterised by elements of schizophrenia or schizoid personality disorder, while still within the bounds of normality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie
History
From schizo- + -thymia. From Ancient Greek σχῐ́ζω (skhĭ́zō, “to split”) + θῡμός (thūmós, “temper, disposition”). Compare cyclothymia.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
