Schizosexual

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone exhibiting such behaviour. humorous, nonce-word, rare

    "But once Walter plucks up the courage to fully penetrate Automan, he has a sort of breakdown and becomes a split personality. […] After which this futuristic schizosexual goes cruising through the city streets at night, picking up men."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exhibiting pathologically divergent sexual behaviour, or sexual behaviour (imagined to be) associated with schizophrenia. not-comparable, rare

    "In individuals of inherited schizophrenic predisposition, the sexual organization remains at a rudimentary level because at least two of its essential constituents, pleasure and love, are innately defective. The ensuing schizosexual behavior is marked by blurred awareness and floundering activity."

Example

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"In individuals of inherited schizophrenic predisposition, the sexual organization remains at a rudimentary level because at least two of its essential constituents, pleasure and love, are innately defective. The ensuing schizosexual behavior is marked by blurred awareness and floundering activity."

Etymology

From schizo- + sexual, after schizophrenic and terms ending in -sexual (such as homosexual).

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