schizophrenia

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/ˌskɪtsəˈfɹiniə/

noun

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noun
A mental illness affecting thoughts, feelings, and perception of reality.
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Extra detail
A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder.

Examples

Fadil was suffering from a type of schizophrenia.
You will never be alone with schizophrenia.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 3

Also pronounced

/ˌskɪtsəˈfɹɛniə/
/skɪtsə(ʊ)ˈfɹiːniə/

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noun

Extra meanings

Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.

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You'll never be alone with schizophrenia.
Increasing data suggests that regular marijuana use in adolescence may also be a risk factor for developing very serious psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia.
In 1995, 2% of schizophrenia diagnoses in the country were associated with cannabis use disorder. In 2000, it increased to around 4%. Since 2010, that figure increased to 8%, the study found.

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Increasing data suggests that regular marijuana use in adolescence may also be a risk factor for developing very serious psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia.
2014 January 24, Dr. Charles Raison, “Here’s what to do about your anxiety”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 May 2022
In 1995, 2% of schizophrenia diagnoses in the country were associated with cannabis use disorder. In 2000, it increased to around 4%. Since 2010, that figure increased to 8%, the study found.
2021 July 22, Katie Hunt, “Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the rise, study finds”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022
You have enough money to afford schizophrenia for a while. Especially if the personality B dreams up things that personality A makes practical, financially advantageous use of.
1946, George O. Smith, “Trouble”, in Astounding Science-Fiction
[O]ne can understand how the cultural disorientation which beset the African Continent has confused Africa's political behaviour, creating a political schizophrenia that made nation-building impossible.
2006, Bertus Praeg, Ethiopia and Political Renaissance in Africa, page 213
Nevertheless, a certain amount of schizophrenia pertains to the study of World Englishes as New Englishes, for while new Englishes are regarded as valid varieties in their own right, the description and delineation of them in linguistic terms is conducted through the gaze of native-speaker norms.
2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 305

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Origin

noun

From German Schizophrenie (coined by Eugen Bleuler), from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, heart, diaphragm”) + English -ia. A combination of schizo- + -phrenia.

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The doctor diagnosed the patient with blank after noticing hallucinations and delusions.