Schizophrenic

Definitions: Schizophrenic

Schizophrenic

Adjective

1. Suffering from some form of schizophrenia; "schizophrenic patients".

2. Of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia.

3. Suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior.

Noun

1. Someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia.

Date "schizophrenic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Schizophrenic

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	1)relating or belonging to schizophrenia;2)one affected with schizophrenia. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Schizophrenic

Synonyms: hebephrenic (adj), schizoid (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Schizophrenic

English words defined with "schizophrenic": acute schizophrenic episode ♦ conceptual ♦ dedifferentiated ♦ schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "schizophrenic": Schizophrenic Language, Schizophrenic Psychology. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Schizophrenic

Domain	Title
Books	A Harry Stack Sullivan Case Seminar: Treatment of a Young Male Schizophrenic (reference) Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl: The True Story of 'Renee' (reference) Growing Up With a Schizophrenic Mother (reference) How to Become a Schizophrenic (reference) Little Voices : A True Paranoid Schizophrenic Adventure (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Schizophrenic (reference) You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Familiar Quotations: Schizophrenic

Author	Quotation
Thomas Szasz	If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Schizophrenic

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		ECT has not been useful in chronically ill schizophrenic patients. (references)
		Published controlled studies of ECT permit evaluation of its short-term efficacy in severe major depressions (delusional and endogenous), in acute mania, and in certain schizophrenic syndromes. (references)
		The evidence for the efficacy of ECT in schizophrenia is not compelling but is strongest for those schizophrenic patients with a shorter duration of illness, a more acute onset, and more intense affective symptoms. (references)
Human Rights	Jamaica	In August 1999, nine soldiers and four policemen severely beat Michael Gayle, described as a paranoid schizophrenic, after he tried to pass through a roadblock near his home after curfew. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Schizophrenic

"Schizophrenic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 72.55% of the time. "Schizophrenic" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	72.55%	74	38,813
Noun (singular)	26.47%	27	66,962
Noun (proper)	0.98%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	102	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Schizophrenic

Expressions using "schizophrenic": acute schizophrenic episode ♦ schizophrenic disorder ♦ Schizophrenic Language ♦ Schizophrenic Psychology ♦ schizophrenic psychosis. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "schizophrenic": non-schizophrenic, paranoid-schizophrenic, pre-schizophrenic.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Schizophrenic

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
schizophrenic	155
paranoid schizophrenic	35
disorder schizophrenic	15
art schizophrenic	8
brain schizophrenic	6
behavior paranoid schizophrenic	5
chasez jc schizophrenic	4
brain picture schizophrenic	4
drawing schizophrenic	3
schizophrenic symptom	3
patient schizophrenic	3
child schizophrenic	2
behavior schizophrenic	2
schizophrenic test	2
artist schizophrenic	2
schizophrenic writing	2
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Modern Translations: Schizophrenic

Language		Translations for "schizophrenic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏منفصم, ‏مصاب بإنفصام الشخصية. (various references)

Bulgarian		шизофреничен, шизофреник (schizo). (various references)

Chinese		精神分裂症 (schizophrenia). (various references)

Danish		schizofren. (various references)

Dutch		schizofreen. (various references)

Farsi		مبتلابجنون جوانی(schizophrene). (various references)

French		schizophrène. (various references)

German		schizophren (contradictory, topsy turvy). (various references)

Greek		σχιζοφρενικόσ (schizophrenical), σχιζοφρενήσ (schizoid). (various references)

Hungarian		tudathasadásos, skizofrén (split personality). (various references)

Italian		schizofrenico. (various references)

Korean		� �� 분열증 (schizophrenia). (various references)

Manx		daa-aignagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		izophrenicschay

Russian		шизофреник шизофренический. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		shizofrenički, shizofreničar. (various references)

Spanish		esquizofrénico (schizo, schizophrene). (various references)

Swedish		schizofren. (various references)

Turkish		şizofrenik, şizofreni ile ilgili. (various references)

Ukranian		шизофреничний, шизофреник (schizo, schizoid, schizophrene). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Schizophrenic

Derivations
	Words beginning with "schizophrenic": schizophrenically, schizophrenics. (additional references)
	Words ending with "schizophrenic": antischizophrenic, nonschizophrenic. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Schizophrenic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: schitzophrenic, schizofrenic, schizophenic, schizophrene, schizophreniz, schizophrentic, schizphrenic, schizpphrenic, schnizophrenic, scizophrenic, shizophrenic, skizophrenic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Schizophrenic"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "schizophrenic" (pronounced shi'zufre"nik)
4	-e" n i k	calisthenic, carcinogenic, eugenic, hallucinogenic, orogenic, pathogenic, photogenic, psychogenic, splenic, telegenic, transgenic.
3	-n i k	allophonic, arsenic, avionic, beatnik, botanic, bubonic, catatonic, chronic, clinic, conic, cynic, demonic, diatonic, Dominick, electronic, embryonic, ethnic, galvanic, ganglionic, germanic, gnomonic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypersonic, hypertonic, inorganic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, kibbutznik, laconic, leptonic, manic, masonic, mechanic, messianic, microelectronic, mnemonic, monoclinic, monophonic, multiethnic, neotenic, nucleonic, oceanic, organic, ovonic, panic, pharaonic, philharmonic, phonic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, polyphonic, polytechnic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, sardonic, satanic, scenic, sonic, Sputnik, supersonic, symphonic, synchronic, technic, tectonic, telephonic, Titanic, tonic, transoceanic, tunic, tympanic, ultrasonic, volcanic.
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Anagrams: Schizophrenic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-h-h-i-i-n-o-p-r-s-z"
	-4 letters: chicories, chinchier, ciphonies, coprinces, corniches, precision, zecchinos.
	-5 letters: chinches, chopines, chorines, chronics, ciceroni, conchies, conciser, conspire, coprince, cornices, corniche, croceins, enchoric, heirship, incorpse, ionizers, ironizes, pecorini, pinchers, pinscher, prochein, recision, ripienos, schizier, siphonic, soricine, zecchini, zecchino, zecchins, zirconic.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-e-h-h-i-i-n-o-p-r-s-z"
	+1 letter: schizophrenics.
	+3 letters: nonschizophrenic.
	+4 letters: antischizophrenic, schizophrenically.
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