schizoid

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Recent Examples of schizoid 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 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 Why not make a of couple bucks off your other 21st-century schizoid man? Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024 Less than 1% of individuals develop schizoid personality disorder. Jessica Migala, Health, 17 Nov. 2023 There's no way to prevent schizoid or other personality disorders. Jessica Migala, Health, 17 Nov. 2023 For example, a mathematician with a schizoid personality might be perfectly comfortable calculating in solitude. Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023 Acting isn't schizoid like that. Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 13 Mar. 2022 She was described in the ratings as the highest scorer on paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal, avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder of all the characters (see figure 2). Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizoid
Adjective
  • Some people actually became less neurotic—that is, less depressed and anxious—after, say, a cancer diagnosis.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The sardonic, neurotic, introspective style of humor reflecting the ambivalence of postwar Jewish-American aspirations for assimilation, was reflected in the works of comedians from Woody Allen to Jerry Seinfeld.
    Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Elizabeth became increasingly paranoid over the course of her 45-year reign, fearing a coup by subjects who clung to their Catholicism and favored another claim to the throne.
    Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Pino had previously committed Richard to a psychiatric hospital under the state’s Baker Act, one of nine times Richard was involuntarily committed; diagnosed variously as suicidal, paranoid, delusional and bipolar; given temporary stabilizing medication, and released within days.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • After all, Milla is a true believer who goes tragically wrong, not a sociopathic manipulator.
    Alan Levinovitz, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Everyone else who isn’t a sociopathic weirdo will be tuned in to the Big Game.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In one scene together, Alec and Hilaria discuss the 30 Rock alum's obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Baldwin is shown cleaning the interior of a garbage can; Hilaria and one of his children gently rib him and describe him as obsessive-compulsive.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.
    Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made by History, TIME, 10 June 2024
Adjective
  • Oliver was adorably giggly on his 20th Colbert appearance, the pair seemingly delirious from having to cover one of the worst moments in American history.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
  • His tale is sad, delirious, inspired and often uproariously funny — though the jokes are on us.
    Devika Girish, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • One of the body’s own cells becomes damaged or corrupted and then multiplies to create copies of its aberrant self.
    Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
  • This not only paints a wider picture of his life and interests outside his Milan office, but frames his medical specialties as part of this natural world — his focus is the nature of human bodies, desires and impulses — rather than as something aberrant, as in the minds of detractors.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The news of a man sought by police for shooting and killing two people and abducting a child left them disturbed and frightened.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Tegus usually are found along roads, in disturbed areas.
    Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Schizoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizoid. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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