schizophrenic
/ˌskɪtsəˈfɹɛnɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to schizophrenia.
adj
Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
noun
Example Sentences
- "Schizophrenia is where two or more personalities live in the same brain. The ancients of the 20th Century actually looked upon schizophrenia as a disease! Everyone felt it was very shameful to have a schizophrenic person in the family,"
- "The average person is afraid that such a common experience means that he is "splitting off" and becoming schizophrenic."
- "Höss, a man of schizophrenic sensibility, preferred gassing to shooting because he was “spared all these bloodbaths.”"
- "That feverish response and Jackson's infamous negative attitude towards his fans contributed to a performance which was schizophrenic at best. The program was divided into three sections, distinguishable only by the fact that slide projections on the side of the stage informed us that we were now watching "Part 1, 2, or 3.""
- "Society currently displays a schizophrenic attitude to drug abuse. We seem to accept alcohol intake and smoking during pregnancy even though we know that these drugs can be addictive, and that regular use can affect the baby."
- "The neoclassical synthesis was a schizophrenic approach to economics – a way of subscribing to both Keynesian and classical analysis."
Etymology
Etymology tree English schizophrenia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English schizophrenic From schizophrenia + -ic.