schizoid

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Recent Examples of schizoid 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 The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024 Why not make a of couple bucks off your other 21st-century schizoid man? Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024 There's no way to prevent schizoid or other personality disorders. Jessica Migala, Health, 17 Nov. 2023 For example, a mathematician with a schizoid personality might be perfectly comfortable calculating in solitude. Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023 Acting isn't schizoid like that. Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 13 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizoid
Adjective
  • 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, 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
Adjective
  • Nilsson admits to suffering from horror vacui—a fear of empty space, which in her case reads less like a neurotic affliction than like compulsive conviviality.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • When a conversation ends without a real answer, when a situation is explained away rather than actually explained, the discomfort is not neurotic or petty.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Adjective
  • But their tentative affair is secondary to the complex bond between Ali and Jersey, whose troubled connection with Davis helps Ali understand why her mother is so paranoid about her romantic choices.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • Outside of a few such sequences, the new series plays more as paranoid Cold War thriller than hopeful sci-fi saga, and a pretty good one at that.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
Adjective
  • For my follow-on analysis of details about the OpenAI lawsuit and how AI can foster delusional thinking in humans, see my analysis at the link here.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • So, no, not delusional to see competitiveness after a 10th-place finish.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2026
Adjective
  • Hoarding disorder is a mental health condition classified under obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
    Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • Over the years, doctors reportedly diagnosed him with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
Adjective
  • Jamil, who has spoken about past struggles with disordered eating, is calling out the troubling trend of thinness in Hollywood.
    Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • Is the best part of dying for a person with disordered eating the ability to have the second croissant?
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Adjective
  • These experts suggested Trump showed signs of narcissism, sociopathic tendencies, and a fixation on the haunting legacy of his punishing father.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 20 May 2026
  • Eidinger brings sorely needed spark to these miserable proceedings; his profile of sociopathic villainy is, unfortunately or not, the most electric aspect of the film.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Adjective
  • The Knicks then opened overtime with a 9-0 run as a delirious crowd in Madison Square Garden danced and screamed in the aisles.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • This is less a movie about two Midwestern women traveling to Florida than a delirious fever dream about two Midwestern women traveling to Florida.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 May 2026

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“Schizoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizoid. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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