Schizoid

/ˈskɪtsɔɪd/

Synonyms for "schizoid" (93 found)

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Closest matches (19)

alcoholicalternating personalityambivertantisocial personalitybrain-damagedbrain-injuredcatatoniaccatatoniccertifiablecertifiable casecholericcycloidcyclothymecyclothymicdisordered personality
Adjective(4 words)
aloofclinical schizoid patientcolddetached

Strong matches (28)

disturbeddisturbed personalitydouble personalitydrug userdual personalityectomorphemotionally unstable personalityendomorphescapistextroverthostile personalityhypochondriachypochondriastidiotimaginary invalidimmature personalityinadequate personalityinferior personalityinsaneintrovert
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malade imaginairemaladjusted personalitymanic depressivemanic-depressivemelancholicmental
Adjective(2 words)
isolated individualloner

Related words (46)

mental casementally defective personalitymentally illmentally sickmesomorphmoral insanitymultiple personalityneuropathneuroticneurotic personalityparanoiacparanoidparanoid personalityperverse personalityphlegmaticpsychopsychoneuroticpsychopathpsychopathicpsychopathic case
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psychopathic personalitypsychoticpsychotic personalitysanguineschizschizoschizoid personalityschizophrenicschizothymeschizyseclusive personalitysexual psychopathshut-in personalitysociopathsplit personalitysyntonevaletudinarianvaletudinaryweak personality
Adjective(6 words)
recluseschizoid caseschizoid patientschizophrenicwithdrawnwithdrawn person
Noun(1 words)
schizotypal personality

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries
personpersonality disorderpersonality traitpsychological trait

More specific

6 entries
emotional detachmentreclusive typeschizoid inpatientschizoid outpatientsocial withdrawalwithdrawn loner

Collocations

8 entries
schizoid behaviorschizoid disorderschizoid individualschizoid personalityschizoid personality disorderschizoid temperamentschizoid tendenciesschizoid traits

Inflections

3 entries
more schizoidmost schizoidschizoids

Derivations

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similar

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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.

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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.

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