First attested 1908, from nl. schizophrenia, from German Schizophrenie, coined by Eugen Bleuler, from Ancient Greek - σχίζω + φρήν + -ia.

• IPA: /ˌskɪt.səˈfɹiː.ni.ə/, /ˌskɪt.səˈfɹɛ.ni.ə/, /ˌskɪz.əˈfɹiː.ni.ə/

schizophrenia

1. (pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
2. (informal, figurative) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
   • 2006, Bertus Praeg, Ethiopia and Political Renaissance in Africa, page 213:

     […] one can understand how the cultural disorientation which beset the African Continent has confused Africa's political behaviour, creating a political schizophrenia that made nation-building impossible.

• dementia praecox
• schizophrenic disorder
• schizophrenic psychosis

• French: schizophrénie
• German: Schizophrenie
• Italian: schizofrenia
• Portuguese: esquizofrenia
• Russian: шизофрени́я
• Spanish: esquizofrenia

• German: Schizophrenie
• Portuguese: esquizofrenia