Schizoid

//ˈskɪtsɔɪd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Schizophrenic. archaic
  3. 3
    Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable or unpredictable. figuratively, offensive, sometimes

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone with schizoid personality disorder.
  2. 2
    characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone with schizophrenia. archaic

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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