schizophrenic
schizo·phrenic (--fren′ik, --frē′nik)
adjective
of, having, or characterized by schizophrenia
noun
a person having schizophrenia
Modifying Another Word
- somewhat: Judging from this extended first episode Steel River Blues seems somewhat schizophrenic in nature.
- almost: They are almost schizophrenic in their devotion to Nick Drake or whoever.
- not: However, Sara is not schizophrenic or likely to do herself or other people harm.
- slightly: The UK TUC is developing a slightly schizophrenic approach to new ways of working.
- rather: It seems to me to be a rather schizophrenic album release.
- so: The nature of your existence is so schizophrenic because you are being driven from one place to the next all the time.
Adjective modifier
- paranoid: For instance, paranoid schizophrenics who believe television can influence their thoughts may not be good candidates for services provided through video-conferencing.
- spiritual: When spiritual schizophrenics are in church... , they use religious words about God and the Holy Spirit and prayer and faith.
Modifies a noun
- patient: On average, there are ten schizophrenic patients on the list of an average GP.
- disorder: Role of the thalamus in language: Is it related to schizophrenic thought disorder?
- episode: Most people need to take their drugs on a long term basis to lessen the risk of onset of another schizophrenic episode.
- symptom: Some drugs must be administered in large doses to control schizophrenic symptoms.
- illness: An account of one who has developed a schizophrenic illness.
- nature: But it could also be used to refer to the schizophrenic nature of the film itself.
Used with adjective complement
- diagnose: Later, accessing his case notes, this ' diagnosed schizophrenic ' discovered that his honest denial had simply been disregarded.
- become: Some people who already suffer from mental illness can become schizophrenic.
- feel: It's recorded a day apart from the other tracks, someone said to me it feels almost schizophrenic.
- label: It is now known that in some other parts of the brain in those labeled schizophrenic there is in fact rather little dopamine activity.
- seem: Judging from this extended first episode Steel River Blues seems somewhat schizophrenic in nature.
L'expe¤ rienced'une femme e¤ crivain est comple' tement schizophre¤ nique. Il faut toujours faire coupure entre les deux: d'une part, employer un langage qui n'est pas le no" t reet la lutte qu'on me' ne sur un autre plan, qui tend 'a casser tout c° a, a' essayer de faire a' travers et dans le langage autre chose. The experienceof the woman writer is completely schizophrenic.One is always torn between two approaches: on the one hand, to use a language that is not oursand on the other, the battle one fights to break all this up, in order to do something else through and in language.
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