SCHIZOID Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

schizoid

adjective

Definition of schizoid

as in schizophrenic

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Recent Examples of schizoid The artist adopts a schizoid persona, with multiple voices flowing out of him, and swerves between lucid social criticism—about the history of slavery or of higher education—and total gibberish. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 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 Less than 1% of individuals develop schizoid personality disorder. — 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

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Adjective

The Royal Road to the Un-Understandable This schizophrenic self that emerges in a vehicle is what links road horror to dream states.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
The 911 caller told police that their schizophrenic son had struck her 69-year-old husband on the head with a hammer.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of schizophrenic

Adjective

Carl and Princess Donut must endure a series of traps and challenges set forth by the neurotic, foot-fetishizing System AI.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026
The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of neurotic

Adjective

The Ohio artist’s first album in four years is paranoid, indulgent, and theatrical, unfolding like a dark romantasy novel.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
The situation became murkier as French lawyer Suzane Blum took increasing control over the affairs of Simpson, who had become increasingly paranoid and befuddled.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of paranoid

Adjective

No matter how delusional and disconnected from sanity that worldview might be.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Mental health experts have voiced concerns about chatbots’ sycophancy, lack of clinical nuance, and ability to reinforce delusional beliefs.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of delusional

Adjective

Ultimately, these tools could yield discoveries about the brain and potentially even treatments for psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

— Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
The medical community, however, views them as effective and necessary treatments for people with a wide range of mental disorders, including depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

— Awais Aftab, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of obsessive-compulsive

Adjective

But manipulation of material and audience by a filmmaker whose topic is a manipulative, criminally convicted, and arguably sociopathic person is another matter.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
Underneath that façade was a sociopathic white supremacist neo-Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day.

— Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of sociopathic

Adjective

What follows is a heady mixture of grief, desire, fantasy, and dance, complete with elaborate musical interludes and a delirious homage to Dirty Dancing.

— Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
The new mountaineering movies are delirious vicarious cinema, employing technological means and a filmmaking bravado that comes with them that would have been unimaginable three or four decades ago.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

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