schizophrenia

noun

Definition of schizophrenianext
as in dementia
technical a very serious mental illness in which someone cannot think or behave normally and often experiences delusions

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Recent Examples of schizophrenia After Nijinsky began to show signs of schizophrenia, this mask, or persona, grew disturbed. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Issues could include insomnia, aggression, difficulty concentrating, sensitivity to psychotropic medication and exacerbation of existing mental illness -- like anxiety, depression and schizophrenia. — Mark Prussin, CBS News, 29 June 2026 Wendy Gledhill, Handy's partner and the mother of Michael Gledhill, reportedly told TMZ that her son was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had stopped taking his medications the week before Handy died. — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 23 June 2026 Research has also shown that AI chatbots reproduce stigmatized messages about certain mental health conditions such as alcoholism and schizophrenia. — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for schizophrenia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
  1. dementia
  2. psychosis
  3. paranoia
  4. neurosis
  5. hallucinosis
  6. hypomania
  7. mania
  8. insanity
Noun
  • In some diseases such as frontal lobe dementia, which damages executive function instead of memory, tangles can accumulate without the presence of amyloid.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Be aware that most group homes have a significant population of seniors with dementia.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
Definition of dementia
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  • Lindsay had also hoped to have women who suffer from postpartum psychosis testify at her trial as well, but the judge rejected that motion in court.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • But chatbots can also lead vulnerable people into psychosis or worse in rare cases.
    — Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 8 July 2026
Definition of psychosis
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  • Directed by Roger Donaldson (also making his debut), Sleeping Dogs offers a new angle on the political paranoia thrillers of the mid- to late-’70s, telling a story of a man in a near-future as a fascist government takes over his country.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • The onset of more organ soloing by Emmett over twin guitars is just the barrage needed to slam home the paranoia and loneliness in a song that alternates self-effacement with self-defensive allegations of gaslighting and abandonment.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 July 2026
Definition of paranoia
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  • Their dueling neuroses always worked in comedic concert.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
  • Rudd’s natural air of genial tension, of neurosis without an edge, plays into his character’s rigidly disciplined but relentlessly upbeat domesticity.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Definition of neurosis
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  • 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
Definition of hallucinosis
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  • Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • The imbalance in this case is going to be that hypomania is much less scanned during initial training by the AI than the day-to-day conditions, such as depression and anxiety.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Definition of hypomania
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  • Amid the post-pandemic mania for luxury collectibles, Sotheby’s wine and spirits department achieved a record $132 million in sales in 2021.
    — George Nelson for ArtNews, Robb Report, 9 July 2026
  • So much for the logo-mania that, for years, defined China’s Gen Z and millennial shoppers.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Definition of mania
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  • McCall tried to create a contrast between the locations, with the Cady clan’s surroundings having an overgrown quality reflecting the uncontrollable insanity at the heart of the family.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
  • Dominguez entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to the charges.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of insanity

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