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schizoid

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈskɪtsɔɪd/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted cdhiioszStarts with SEnds with D0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Socially withdrawn or emotionally detached.

Word origin

From schiz(ophrenia)- + -oid, from German, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) and εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).

Used in a sentence

  • Babits himself never fully lived up to this program; indeed, the declaration itself shows his schizoid attitude toward poetry: he wants to say out loud that he does not want to be heard.
  • I continued to live a schizoid existence—working as a schoolteacher, molding myself into what I imagined was a traditional male image […] — but I couldn't fool myself. I was a queer in lumberjack drag.

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