schizophrenianoun [ U ]
uk/ˌskɪt.səˈfriː.ni.ə/us/ˌskɪt.səˈfriː.ni.ə/a serious mental illness in which someone cannot understand what is real and what is imaginary:
He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
informal the state of having qualities or attitudes that are different from each other and do not work well together:
Lexington, as a prison and a hospital, was an expression of America's schizophrenia about how to treat addiction.
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- Geneticists regard schizophrenia as a complex disease.
- The study provided a valuable new insight into how to treat schizophrenia.
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Mental & psychiatric disorders
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