SCHIZOPHRENIAS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

schizophrenia

noun

Definition of schizophrenia

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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 Today host Emily Kwong talks to Shebani about the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry and how ketogenic metabolic therapy may treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression. — Berly McCoy, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026 The same is true of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychosis. — Anand Kumar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026 Reddington said his client suffered from schizophrenia and was in psychosis during the killings, but a jury found McDermott guilty after deliberating for three days. — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 But no one checked tickets, and only passengers were in the car when Brown, a 32-year-old homeless man diagnosed with schizophrenia, is accused of stabbing Zarutska’s neck. — Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for schizophrenia

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Noun

Sleep, for instance, isn’t downtime but active maintenance, when the brain flushes out cellular waste in ways that may help stave off dementia.

— Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
Developed by researchers in the US, the remarkable new treatment could one day be used to treat patients in advanced stages of dementia by restoring the brain’s ability to recover from ongoing neurodegeneration.

— Mike McRae August 30, New Atlas, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of dementia

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The case has thrust the condition of postpartum psychosis into the spotlight, and, in turn, drawn a growing number of supporters to Clancy.

— Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
But her attorneys argue the former labor and delivery nurse was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time, and that poor mental healthcare exacerbated her condition.

— Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of psychosis

Noun

But in the common vernacular of what neurosis means—someone whose life is put upon them, who feels weighted by the everyday, who struggles with unadulterated joy—that is me in a nutshell.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026
Wonders is also terrific, a ball of neuroses and repression, envious of Elliot’s exploits.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026

Definition of neurosis

Noun

People with bipolar 2 disorder experience cycles of depression and hypomania, which is less intense than the mania experienced with bipolar 1 disorder.

— Michael Casey, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of hypomania

Noun

What's your relationship to paparazzi and social media mania, given you’ve been in the spotlight for so long?

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Other moviegoers adored his campy but somehow restrained mania as the butler in Clue, or delighted in his nasty smarm as the concierge in Home Alone 2.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of mania

Noun

Massachusetts law states that a person committed after a successful insanity defense can be recommitted over and over again, each time for a one-year period.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result is what some people call insanity.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of insanity

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