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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Of, relating to, or having a personality disorder marked by extreme shyness, flat affect, reclusiveness, discomfort with others, and an inability to form close relationships.
  2. adj. Of, relating to, or suggestive of schizophrenia. No longer in scientific use.
  3. adj. Informal Relating to or characterized by the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic elements: "This schizoid town is part resort, part sardine cannery” ( Jean Anderson).
  4. n. A schizoid person.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. characterized by social withdrawal and flat affect
  2. adj. archaic schizophrenic
  3. n. someone with Schizoid Personality Disorder
  4. n. archaic someone with schizophrenia

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia
  2. n. characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia
  3. adj. marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships

Examples

  • “However, he concluded, enforcement is likely to remain schizoid "until there is a reform of immigration law that is acceptable to the American people.”

    Police chiefs press for immigration reform

  • “But Phil suggests more psychological factors are at play with those who indulge in schizoid identities:”

    Identity drift

  • “The same impulses that others struggled with occasionally, but that could be controlled or concealed enough for them to function in everyday society, overwhelmed him much of his life, starting with that long-ago spring when he was hospitalized at age twenty-two for what experts today might classify as schizoid affective disorder.”

    Simon & Schuster: Into the Story

  • “" So-called schizoid personalities, who are extremely withdrawn, are commoner in families of schizophrenics, '' says Dr. Jonathan Benjamin of Ben Gurion University in Israel.”

    Newsweek: Is Everybody Crazy?

  • “MARK HILLMAN, PSYCHOTHERAPIST: It ` s called schizoid affective disorder.”

    CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2008

  • “There was never any clear diagnosis of his problem, although the terms schizoid and schizophrenic kept cropping up.”

    Simon & Schuster: Obsession

  • “He may also be described as schizoid to the extent that his interpersonal relationships are somewhat remote and detached.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Piano Teacher

  • “The other factor is that he has been getting better and better with each debate, while Hillary has developed a kind of schizoid persona -- which in a way makes her more dangerous, but also hurts her credibility.”

    Debate Alert! Hillary And Obama Campaigns Accept Invite To ABC Debate In Philly

  • “Al Hunt: McCain started out great then turned "schizoid".”

    Snap Polls Give Overwhelming Win to Obama

  • “For a while he was both Giant-Man and Yellowjacket, playing a kind of schizoid double-hero with each superpower emphasizing a different side of his identity.”

    Propeller Most Popular Stories

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