schizophrenialike

English

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Etymology

schizophrenia + -like

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪk

Adjective

schizophrenialike (comparative more schizophrenialike, superlative most schizophrenialike)

  1. (psychiatry) Resembling or characteristic of schizophrenia.
    • 2015 July 28, Jack Healy, “Aurora Killer’s Parents Plead to Spare His Life”, in New York Times:
      His father described how other relatives had been mentally ill, including an aunt of the gunman who has a schizophrenialike condition.

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