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Recent Examples of schizophrenic
The ongoing controversy surrounding the police shooting of a mentalliy ill Queens schizophrenic man who charged at cops with a knife ratcheted up a notch Wednesday with the release of 911 audio the NYPD says makes clear police were going to be responding to the episode.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
The most compelling aspect of Newsom’s biography is his schizophrenic upbringing, vis-à-vis wealth.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
Johnson died on April 21, 2024 while in custody of the Tarrant County jail after being arrested within 48 hours prior, while enduring what his family says was a schizophrenic episode.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
Boston man Barry Howze, a schizophrenic patient, allegedly evaded hospital staff and then raped the paralyzed woman in her hospital bed.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Bodden was in the midst of a bipolar and schizophrenic episode, according to the lawsuit.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
The actor first came to prominence with an acclaimed turn as a schizophrenic man in the 1993 indie film Clean, Shaven.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2025
While the Nuggets themselves are coming off a schizophrenic and inconsistent week, to put it kindly, after home losses to Sacramento and San Antonio, the Blue Arrow has quietly been tying a bow around his most productive November ever.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
The groundbreaking star of such smash action franchises as Charlie’s Angels and Kill Bill is movingly stripped down in Rosemead as Irene, a Chinese immigrant and widow battling a terminal illness while raising her son, Joe, who is schizophrenic.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
The most compelling aspect of Newsom’s biography is his schizophrenic upbringing, vis-à-vis wealth.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
Johnson died on April 21, 2024 while in custody of the Tarrant County jail after being arrested within 48 hours prior, while enduring what his family says was a schizophrenic episode.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
Boston man Barry Howze, a schizophrenic patient, allegedly evaded hospital staff and then raped the paralyzed woman in her hospital bed.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Bodden was in the midst of a bipolar and schizophrenic episode, according to the lawsuit.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
The actor first came to prominence with an acclaimed turn as a schizophrenic man in the 1993 indie film Clean, Shaven.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2025
While the Nuggets themselves are coming off a schizophrenic and inconsistent week, to put it kindly, after home losses to Sacramento and San Antonio, the Blue Arrow has quietly been tying a bow around his most productive November ever.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
The groundbreaking star of such smash action franchises as Charlie’s Angels and Kill Bill is movingly stripped down in Rosemead as Irene, a Chinese immigrant and widow battling a terminal illness while raising her son, Joe, who is schizophrenic.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenic
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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The series also saw Rick Hoffman reprise his fan-favorite character, the neurotic financial law partner Louis Litt, in the spinoff.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Feb. 2026
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Marty is not cultured, colorful and neurotic with a penchant for Yiddish outbursts.—
David Colman,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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After a career defined by playing gangsters, an avenging taxi driver and a paranoid prize fighter, the Oscar-winning actor recited a call for civility, as first spoken by Abraham Lincoln.—
Hillel Italie,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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After a career defined by playing gangsters, an avenging taxi driver and a paranoid prize fighter, Robert De Niro will be issuing a call for civility, as first spoken by Abraham Lincoln.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Importantly, some psychiatric conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder are characterized by impulsivity, or a lack of hesitation, while excessive hesitation is a crippling consequence of several anxiety disorders.—
Eric Yttri,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Cole’s attorneys pointed to his lack of criminal record and diagnoses for autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder as reasons to let him out of jail as the case progresses.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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According to court filings cited by CBS News, his family claims Gemini encouraged delusional thinking, escalated emotional dependency, and ultimately pushed him toward suicide.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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In this way, the film becomes a manifesto for alternate destinies within the Black experience, and a semi-formal goodbye letter to the delusional but politically expedient optimism of the 2010s, wherein the end of the neoliberal order becomes a gateway to renewed self-possession and agency.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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On TikTok, the hashtag #SkinnyTok, which promoted content around disordered eating, was banned from search results last summer after gaining massive popularity on the platform.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026
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Add intense pressure to meet unrealistic body standards, and the chance of developing disordered eating climbs even higher.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Harper is a bit of a dead-eyed, ruthless, sociopathic great white shark.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
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If readers are at all uncertain of his sociopathic tendencies, Heathcliff then hangs his wife’s dog.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Becky is dehydrated and delirious, but manages to nourish herself after strangling and eating a vulture that attacked her on the platform.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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Some 20,000 delirious, singing spectators with flags of every sort in various states of inebriation had gotten their money’s worth, and then some.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Schizophrenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenic. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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