schizophrenic

adjective

as in schizoid

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Recent Examples of schizophrenic As her life is starting, her mother suffers from an acute schizophrenic episode. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 16 June 2026 Americans call the sport soccer, the rest of the world calls it football, and therein lies the rub, the disconnection at the heart of the schizophrenic All-American life of Gilbert Chevalier. — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 Senior Deputy District Attorney Jeff Moore acknowledged that Fahim was schizophrenic, but argued that the killings were driven by Fahim’s anger at his workplace dispute with Cuomo, not his mental illness. — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026 In many-minded terms, an octopus’s natural life spans so many lives that the one-minded might call it unnatural or even schizophrenic. — Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026 The ongoing controversy surrounding the police shooting of a mentalliy ill Queens schizophrenic man who charged at cops with a knife ratcheted up a notch Wednesday with the release of 911 audio the NYPD says makes clear police were going to be responding to the episode. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026 The most compelling aspect of Newsom’s biography is his schizophrenic upbringing, vis-à-vis wealth. — Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026 Johnson died on April 21, 2024 while in custody of the Tarrant County jail after being arrested within 48 hours prior, while enduring what his family says was a schizophrenic episode. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026 Boston man Barry Howze, a schizophrenic patient, allegedly evaded hospital staff and then raped the paralyzed woman in her hospital bed. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenic
  1. schizoid
  2. neurotic
  3. paranoid
  4. obsessive-compulsive
  5. delusional
  6. disordered
  7. sociopathic
  8. delirious
Adjective
  • The artist adopts a schizoid persona, with multiple voices flowing out of him, and swerves between lucid social criticism—about the history of slavery or of higher education—and total gibberish.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.
    — Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Definition of schizoid
Adjective
  • Kuk and especially Kodelja shine with naturalistic charm in this delicate two-hander, their easy chemistry making credible the rapport between Maruša’s grungy cynic and Alja’s snuggie-wearing neurotic.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Alyson Hannigan was Lily, a kindergarten teacher and Marshall’s loving, supportive wife, who also happens to have a wild, feisty, and neurotic side.
    — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of neurotic
Adjective
  • The result is a sprawling theory combining paranoid interpretations of current events with historical conspiracies.
    — Matthew N. Hannah, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
  • These women can become depressed, isolated, paranoid — convinced their thinning hair is all other people see.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of paranoid
Adjective
  • Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Decker says she was diagnosed with postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychosis and found help at The Motherhood Space in Jacksonville, Florida – a program that treats mood and anxiety disorders during and after pregnancy.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of obsessive-compulsive
Adjective
  • Almost every great performer is at some point in their life delusional.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
  • In February, Patrick Collison told TBPN there was a reasonable chance Q1 2026 would be remembered as the first quarter of the singularity, adding that in hindsight the claim might look completely delusional.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of delusional
Adjective
  • The movie is based not just on my own battle, but the struggles of people with all types of disordered eating.
    — Marti Noxon, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
  • An offense that had recently hung 40 points on Kansas City to win the Super Bowl quickly transformed itself into something deeply unfun, disordered and predictable.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of disordered
Adjective
  • Petticrew, who is 30 but played a teen convincingly as recently as 2024’s Say Nothing, portrays Catherine as the sociopathic consequence of a culture prone to sexualizing the young.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
  • Vian’s book is brutal, almost unbearably sociopathic, but his descriptions are lyrical and refined.
    — SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
Definition of sociopathic
Adjective
  • Instead, New York mounted an improbable if not impossible resurrection, Anunoby’s tip-in providing the exclamation point to the delirious comeback.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • So ensues a period of delirious soul-searching, given tremendous gravitas by Bakhtadze.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of delirious

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“Schizophrenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenic. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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