schizoid

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Scrabble points
23
Words With Friends
23
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈskɪtsɔɪd/
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/ˈskɪtsɔɪd/ · /ˈskɪdzɔɪd/

Definition of schizoid

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.
    “Abstract symbol systems, such as mathematics, are especially valuable for object-seeking for schizoid personalities. By means of such symbolizations, object contact may be sought and obtained, while at the same time a psychological distance may be maintained between self and other; it is virtually impossible to have a personal relationship and at the same time to maintain such distance.”
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adj

  1. Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.
    “Abstract symbol systems, such as mathematics, are especially valuable for object-seeking for schizoid personalities. By means of such symbolizations, object contact may be sought and obtained, while at the same time a psychological distance may be maintained between self and other; it is virtually impossible to have a personal relationship and at the same time to maintain such distance.”
  2. (archaic)Schizophrenic.
  3. (figuratively, offensive, sometimes)Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable or unpredictable.
    “Babits himself never fully lived up to this program; indeed, the declaration itself shows his schizoid attitude toward poetry: he wants to say out loud that he does not want to be heard.”
    “I continued to live a schizoid existence—working as a schoolteacher, molding myself into what I imagined was a traditional male image […] — but I couldn't fool myself. I was a queer in lumberjack drag.”

noun

  1. Someone with schizoid personality disorder.
  2. (archaic)Someone with schizophrenia.

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Etymology

From schiz(ophrenia)- + -oid, from German, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) and εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).

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