schizophrenic
/ˌskɪtsə(ʊ)ˈfrɛnɪk/adjective
1Having, relating to, or characteristic of schizophrenia: schizophrenic patients schizophrenic symptoms...
- Living with a schizophrenic, psychotic mother must have left an indelible mark on him.
- Inside psychiatric hospitals, the schizophrenic architect is forced to confine his dreams to paper, or to minor alterations of his personal environment.
- His schizophrenic psychosis was a catatonic aspect, as he had few impulses of his own.
1.1(In general use) characterized by inconsistent or contradictory elements: walking around the museum was a strangely schizophrenic experience...
- The film makes an implicit statement about our schizophrenic, debt-driven economy.
- His debut feature suffers from a schizophrenic lack of focus.
- What really does this film in is the schizophrenic nature of the story.
noun
A person with schizophrenia: she was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic he became known for his success in treating schizophrenics...
- The schizophrenic tends generally to retreat from involvement with his environment.
- I'd love to play a mental patient—a schizophrenic, something like that.
- Ultimately, he emphasized the view that she was simply a paranoid schizophrenic rather than leaving the question open.
