schiz·o·phre·ni·a (sk t s -fr  n-, -fr n-)n. 1. Any of a group of psychotic disorders usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances. Schizophrenia is associated with dopamine imbalances in the brain and may have an underlying genetic cause. 2. A situation or condition that results from the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic qualities, identities, or activities: the national schizophrenia that results from carrying out an unpopular war. |
schizophrenia [ˌskɪtsəʊˈfriːnɪə]
n
1. (Psychiatry) any of a group of psychotic disorders characterized by progressive deterioration of the personality, withdrawal from reality, hallucinations, delusions, social apathy, emotional instability, etc. See catatonia, hebephrenia, paranoia
2. Informal behaviour that appears to be motivated by contradictory or conflicting principles
[from schizo- + Greek phrēn mind + -ia]
| schizophrenia (skts-frn-, skts-) Any of a group of psychiatric disorders characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, hallucinations, and psychotic behavior. Schizophrenia is associated with an imbalance of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain and may have an underlying genetic cause. |
schizophrenia
a psychotic condition marked by erratic behavior, withdrawal from reality, and intellectual and emotional deterioration. Also called dementia praecox. — schizophrenic, n., adj.
See also: Insanity
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| Noun | 1. | schizophrenia - any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact psychosis - any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted borderline schizophrenia, latent schizophrenia - schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia, catatonia - a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia - 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 paranoic type schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia - a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner acute schizophrenic episode, reactive schizophrenia - schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months) |
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schizophrenia
n → Schizophrenie f
n schizophrenia [skitsəˈfriːniə]
a form of insanity in which the patient becomes severely withdrawn from reality, has delusions etc. skisofrenie فُصام أو إنْفِصام الشَّخْصِيَّه шизофрения schizofrenie skizofreni die Schizophrenie σχιζοφρένεια esquizofrenia skisofreenia اسكيزوفرني jakomielitauti schizophrénie סְכִיזוֹפרֶניָה खंडित मनस्कता shizofrenija tudathasadás sisofrenia geðklofi schizofrenia 精神分裂症 정신분열증 šizofrenija šizofrēnija penyakit skizofrenia schizofrenie schizofreni schizofrenia esquizofrenia schizofrenie шизофрения schizofrénia shizofrenija šizofrenija schizofreni โรคจิตประเภทลืมตัว şizofreni, içe kapanım hastalığı 精神分裂症 шизофренія انشقاق نفسی bệnh tâm thần phân liệt 精神分裂症
adj schizoˈphrenic [-ˈfre-]
skisofrenies مُنْفَصِم الشَّخْصِيَّه шизофреничен schizofrenický skizofren schizophren σχιζοφρενής, σχιζοφρενικός esquizofrénico skisofreeniline مبتلا به اسكيزوفرني jakomielitautinen schizophrène סְכִיזוֹפרֶנִי मनोविदलता shizofreničar tudathasadásos gila með geðklofa schizofrenico 精神分裂症の 정신 분열증의 šizofreniškas šizofrēnisks menghidap penyakit skizofrenia schizofreen schizofren schizofreniczny esquizofrénico schizofrenic шизофренический schizofrenický shizofreničen šizofreničan schizofren ซึ่งมีอาการโรคจิตที่มีบุคลิกภาพแบบแตกแยก şizofrenili kimse 患精神分裂症的 шизофренічний نفسی انشقاق کا مریض thuộc bệnh tâm thần phân liệt 患精神分裂症的
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