as in dementia
technical
a very serious mental illness in which someone cannot think or behave normally and often experiences delusions
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of schizophrenia
Boy Brian Wilson’s attempts to complete the album Smile in the aftermath of a nervous breakdown while dealing with schizophrenia.
—
Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Ellis has a history of schizophrenia, and her defense attorneys had entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, but the jury ultimately rejected that claim, per the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
During the hearing, Lunn’s attorney said his client has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and requested that he be placed on electronic monitoring, referencing an earlier order by a Baltimore County judge, FOX 45 reported.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
For decades, scientists have suspected that the voices heard by people with schizophrenia might be their own inner speech gone awry.
—New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for schizophrenia
Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Ellis has a history of schizophrenia, and her defense attorneys had entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, but the jury ultimately rejected that claim, per the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
During the hearing, Lunn’s attorney said his client has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and requested that he be placed on electronic monitoring, referencing an earlier order by a Baltimore County judge, FOX 45 reported.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
For decades, scientists have suspected that the voices heard by people with schizophrenia might be their own inner speech gone awry.
—New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for schizophrenia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
Noun
-
Having one copy of the gene roughly doubles or triples the chances of developing the common dementia, while two copies raises the risk by 10 times and lowers the average age of onset by five to 10 years, data shows.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
-
The entire extended family is very tight-knit, supporting Willis after he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a rare condition.—
Sari Hitchins,
Parents,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
However, it was subsequently discovered that Phillips had previously been diagnosed with psychosis, paranoia and major depressive disorder at John Peter Smith Hospital, according to Denton County sheriff’s records.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
-
The film, directed by Lynne Ramsay, who also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Enda Walsh and Alice Birch, follows Grace (Lawrence), who develops postpartum depression, and, alongside her partner Jackson (Pattinson), enters psychosis.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
His eerie behavior soon infects the quiet rhythms of their rural town, sparking paranoia, violence, and death.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
-
Held captive in a shadowy basement, Michelle’s ordeal blurs the line between paranoia and revelation on Teddy’s remote ranch, where his hive of bees becomes a haunting metaphor for control.—
Tiana DeNicola,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
Assembled by a team of special technicians at a dedicated facility in Tochigi, Japan, the NSX offered a neurosis-free driving experience on a daily basis.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
-
Unfortunately, my neuroses can rack up unnecessary expense.—
Kristen Geil,
Outside,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Boes was working with a patient who had a rare disorder called peduncular hallucinosis, in which damage to the thalamus, a structure at the center of the brain, causes visual hallucinations.—
Grace Huckins,
Wired,
17 Aug. 2020
Noun
-
Cycling between periods of mania or hypomania – high energy and excitement – and depression can have an enormous impact on a person’s daily life, work, and relationships.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2025
-
And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife.—
Megan Marshall,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Without Jamie Lloyd’s cameras there to do close-ups, Scherzinger played the anti-heroine just a little less for obsessive mania and more for pure Barbra-style butter.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
-
Every market era has its mania.—
Drew O’Connor,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
This insanity has to stop before anyone else gets hurt.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
-
Though his legal team argued insanity, Guiteau was found guilty of murder in January 1882 and executed five months later.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share