schizoid
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Definition of schizoid
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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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
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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.”
- (archaic)Schizophrenic.
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(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
- Someone with schizoid personality disorder.
- (archaic)Someone with schizophrenia.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From schiz(ophrenia)- + -oid, from German, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) and εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
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