schizoid

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɪtsɔɪd/, /ˈskɪdzɔɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: schiz‧oid

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• schizoid psychopathy

Translations

characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity

• Bulgarian: шизофреничен (šizofreničen)
• Catalan: esquizoide
• Dutch: schizoïde (nl)
• French: schizoïde (fr)
• Galician: esquizoide
• German: schizoid (de)
• Greek: σχιζοειδής (el) (schizoeidís)
• Hebrew: סכיזואידי m (skhizoídi)
• Indonesian: skizoid (id)
• Italian: schizoide (it)
• Japanese: スキゾイド (sukizoido), 分裂病質 (bunretsu byōshitsu), 統合失調質 (tōgō shitchō shitsu)
• Portuguese: esquizoide (pt)
• Russian: шизо́идный (ru) (šizóidnyj)
• Spanish: esquizoide
• Swedish: schizoid (sv)

Noun

schizoid (plural schizoids)

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

Translations

someone with schizoid personality disorder

• Armenian: շիզոիդ (hy) (šizoid)
• Bulgarian: шизофреник (bg) m (šizofrenik)
• French: schizoïde (fr) m or f
• Hebrew: סכיזואידי m (skhizoídi)
• Irish: sciotsóideach m
• Italian: schizoide (it) m or f
• Japanese: スキゾイド患者 (sukizoido kanja)
• Russian: шизо́ид (ru) m (šizóid)
• Turkish: şizoid (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Danish: ^{(please verify)} skizoid
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} შიზოიდ (šizoid)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} schizoid

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French schizoïde.

Adjective

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

1. schizoid

Declension

Declension of schizoid

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	schizoid		schizoidă		schizoizi	schizoide
	definite	schizoidul		schizoida		schizoizii	schizoidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	schizoid		schizoide		schizoizi	schizoide
	definite	schizoidului		schizoidei		schizoizilor	schizoidelor

Swedish

Adjective

schizoid (not comparable)

1. schizoid

Declension

Inflection of schizoid

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	schizoid	—	—
neuter singular	schizoit	—	—
plural	schizoida	—	—
masculine plural2	schizoide	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	schizoide	—	—
all	schizoida	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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