skitsofrenia — meaning in English
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English meaning
- schizophrenia noun A serious, long-term mental illness marked by disrupted thinking, false beliefs, and a distorted sense of reality.
Senses
skitsofrenia is used for these senses in English:
- schizophrenia (now, deprecated) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder. [from 20th c.]
- schizophrenia (informal, figurative) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options. [from 20th c.]
schizophrenia — full definition
- noun A serious, long-term mental illness marked by disrupted thinking, false beliefs, and a distorted sense of reality.
- noun Loosely, any situation where sharply conflicting attitudes or behaviors exist side by side.