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schizoid

Definition of schizoid

adjective

Psychiatry
  • denoting or having a personality type characterized by emotional aloofness and solitary habits.
  • informal (in general use) resembling schizophrenia in having inconsistent or contradictory elements; mad or crazy:it’s a frenzied, schizoid place

noun

  • a schizoid person.

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Definition of schizoid in the US English dictionary
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