schizoid

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɪtsɔɪd/, /ˈskɪdzɔɪd/

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• Hyphenation: schiz‧oid

schizoid (comparative more schizoid, superlative most schizoid)

1. Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.
   • 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 8, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 135:

     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. (figurative) Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable.
   • 1972, Roy Temple House, Ernst Erich Noth, Books Abroad, volume 46, page 32:

     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.

   • 1991 February 11, Eric R. Rofes, “My Life As A Queer”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 29, page 10:

     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.

schizoid (plural schizoids)

1. (psychiatry) someone with schizoid personality disorder
2. (archaic) someone with schizophrenia

• “schizoid”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Borrowed from French schizoïde.

schizoid m or n (feminine singular schizoidă, masculine plural schizoizi, feminine and neuter plural schizoide)

1. schizoid

schizoid (not comparable)

1. schizoid

• schizoid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• schizoid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• schizoid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)