schizophrenic

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌskɪtsəˈfɹɛnɪk/

Adjective

schizophrenic

1. Of or pertaining to schizophrenia.
2. (of a person) Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
3. (colloquial, offensive) Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable.
   • 2012, Thomas Boylan, ‎Paschal O'Gorman, Hahn and Economic Methodology

     The neoclassical synthesis was a schizophrenic approach to economics – a way of subscribing to both Keynesian and classical analysis.

Related terms

• schizo
• nonschizophrenic

Translations

• Italian: schizofrenico
• Portuguese: esquizofrénico (Portugal), esquizofrênico (Brazil)
• Spanish: esquizofrénico

Translations

• French: schizophrène
• German: schizophren
• Italian: schizofrenico
• Portuguese: esquizofrénico (Portugal), esquizofrênico (Brazil)
• Russian: шизофре́ник
• Spanish: esquizofrénico

Translations

• German: schizophren

Noun

schizophrenic (plural schizophrenics)

1. A person suffering from schizophrenia.

Translations

• French: schizophrène
• German: Schizophrener, Schizophrene
• Portuguese: esquizofrénico (Portugal), esquizofrênico (Brazil)
• Russian: шизофре́ник
• Spanish: esquizofrénico

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