Synonyms for schizophrenia
ˌskɪt səˈfri ni ə, -ˈfrin yəschizophre·ni·a

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1. schizophrenianoun

   Synonyms:
   schizophrenic disorder, dementia praecox, schizophrenic psychosis

2. schizophrenianoun

   A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion.

   Synonyms:
   schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox, schizophrenic disorder

3. schizophrenianoun

   Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist.

   Synonyms:
   schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox, schizophrenic disorder

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1. schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecoxnoun

   any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

   Synonyms:
   schizophrenic disorder, dementia praecox, schizophrenic psychosis

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1. List of paraphrases for "schizophrenia":

   schizophrenic

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1. schizophrenia

   Synonyms:
   295 DSM-IV

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1. Seena Fazel:

   One important finding was that the vast majority of depressed persons were not convicted of violent crimes, and that the rates ... are below those for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and considerably lower than for alcohol or drug abuse.

2. Grant Duwe:

   Paranoid schizophrenia is what is more common among these individuals, they feel like large groups of people are out to get them, and that they are responsible for making their life miserable. We also see that individuals who do this are loners, they’re not trusting, so they don’t have close friendships of social relationships.

3. Cree Summer:

   I was an only child for 10 years, I didn't start school until 8, and I didn't have a TV for years. So I found all these voices when playing with my toys. They're really my toys' voices. Schizophrenia comes in handy.

4. Kathryn Kase:

   Mr. Panetti is a sick man who has suffered from schizophrenia, an incurable mental illness, for over thirty years, including prior to and during the crime, and during his trial at which he represented himself in a floridly psychotic state.

5. The CDC:

   Having mood disorders, including depression, and schizophrenia spectrum disorders can make you more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19.