schizotypal personality disorder

noun

variants or schizotypal personality
: a personality disorder characterized by peculiar or eccentric thoughts, behaviors, and patterns of speech, odd beliefs or fantasies, disturbances in the perception of events, difficulty in forming or maintaining close relationships, and a tendency to be suspicious or paranoid
Individuals with a condition called schizotypal personality disorder have mild versions of some schizophrenia symptoms, such as slight paranoia or jumpy speech patterns, but not the hallucinations and delusions that characterize serious forms of the disease.Anna Gosline

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About six months into his assignment, the ship psychologist diagnosed him with schizotypal personality disorder, an incurable condition characterized by social isolation, limited reactions to social cues, and sometimes a penchant to dress unusually. Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024 In particular, schizotypal personality disorder is more about having eccentric ideas and even more magical thinking.3 What Is the Dark Triad? Jessica Migala, Health, 17 Nov. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of schizotypal personality disorder was in 1978

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“Schizotypal personality disorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schizotypal%20personality%20disorder. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

schizotypal personality disorder

noun
: a personality disorder characterized by peculiar or eccentric thoughts, behaviors, and patterns of speech, odd beliefs or fantasies, disturbances in the perception of events, difficulty in forming or maintaining close relationships, and a tendency to be suspicious or paranoid
Individuals with a condition called schizotypal personality disorder have mild versions of some schizophrenia symptoms, such as slight paranoia or jumpy speech patterns …Anna Gosline
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