Schizophrenia (Noun)

Meaning

Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

• Schizophrenic Psychosis
• Schizophrenic Disorder
• Dementia Praecox

Hyponyms

• Catatonic Type Schizophrenia
• Catatonia
• Hebephrenic Schizophrenia
• Paraphrenic Schizophrenia
• Latent Schizophrenia
• Disorganized Type Schizophrenia
• Paranoic Type Schizophrenia
• Disorganized Schizophrenia
• Paraphrenia
• Reactive Schizophrenia

Related Words

• Schizophrenic (adjective)