schizophrenen.
/ˈskɪtsə(ʊ)friːn//ˈskɪdzə(ʊ)friːn/ Psychology.
A schizophrenic, or a person with a predisposition towards schizophrenia. Also attributive and loosely.
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1925 W. J. H. Sprott tr. E. Kretschmer Physique & Char. x. 147 In the schizophrene group, still less than in the circular, can we separate the healthy from the diseased.
1936 Scrutiny V. 248 Comparing the psychology of the schizophrene with that of the modern artist.
1945 Times 26 Apr. 6/5 No one would claim Beethoven as an example of the highly integrated personality but he is no schizophrene, as Dr. Carner calls Mahler outright.
1968 Listener 29 Aug. 260/2 I have heard a saloon-bar customer, a postman by profession, address the barmaid as: ‘You dreamy schizophrene.’
1977 ‘D. Cory’ Bennett ii. 76 Schizophrenes are often held to be people of exceptional charm.
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