schizoid
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈskɪtsɔɪd/, /ˈskɪdzɔɪd/
Adjective

schizoid

  1. characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity
    • Abstract symbol systems, such as mathematics, are especially valuable for object-seeking for schizoid personalities. By means of such symbolizations, object contact may be sought and obtained, while at the same time a psychological distance may be maintained between self and other; it is virtually impossible to have a personal relationship and at the same time to maintain such distance.
  2. (archaic) schizophrenic
  3. (figurative) Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable.
    • 1972, Roy Temple House, ‎Ernst Erich Noth, Books Abroad (volume 46, page 32)
      Babits himself never fully lived up to this program; indeed, the declaration itself shows his schizoid attitude toward poetry: he wants to say out loud that he does not want to be heard.
Translations Noun

schizoid (plural schizoids)

  1. (psychiatry) someone with schizoid personality disorder
  2. (archaic) someone with schizophrenia
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