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> 2. Schizoid does not colloquially refer to schizophrenia It often does colloquially refer to schizophrenia, I've heard people use the word this way for as lo
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
> 2. Schizoid does not colloquially refer to schizophrenia
It often does colloquially refer to schizophrenia, I've heard people use the word this way for as long as I can remember. General purpose English dictionaries document this colloquial meaning, I checked several to be sure:
"(archaic) schizophrenic" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schizoid https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schizoid
"characterized by, resulting from, tending toward, or suggestive of schizophrenia" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schizoid https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schizoid
"suffering from or behaving as if suffering from schizophrenia" https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/schizoid https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/schizoid
"Informal. of or relating to schizophrenia or to multiple personality." https://www.dictionary.com/browse/schizoid https://www.dictionary.com/browse/schizoid
"Someone who is schizoid has schizophrenia" https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/schizoid https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/schizoi...