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schizophrenia
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Definition of schizophrenia:

schizophrenia (noun):
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.
a mental illness that is characterized by disturbances in thought (such as delusions), perception (such as hallucinations), and behavior (such as disorganized speech or catatonic behavior), by a loss of emotional responsiveness and extreme apathy, and by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life

Synonyms for schizophrenia:

aberration
acute schizophrenic episode
borderline schizophrenia
catatonia
catatonic schizophrenia
catatonic type schizophrenia
delirium
dementia
dementia praecox
derangement
disorganized schizophrenia
disorganized type schizophrenia
frenzy
hallucinosis
hebephrenic schizophrenia
hypomania
hysteria
insanity
instability
irrationality
latent schizophrenia
lunacy
madness
mania
neurosis
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