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
  • Drawn with a spidery expressionistic line and featuring a cast of characters including the neurotic Bernard, brutish Huey and the graceful Dancer, the strip satirized social and political issues and gave voice to liberal humanist views during the culturally conservative 1950s.
    Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Some parents are neurotic about validating their kids’ emotions or guarding their individuality; others fixate on maximizing their career potential.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • His brother, children, and ex-wife, Susan, describe a bitter, paranoid conspiracy theorist haunted by the past, lost in the face of shifting musical tastes, hopelessly addicted to alcohol, and manipulated by Amy to turn on his family.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Burns, the administration’s de facto Putin whisperer, had heard it all before and understood that the Russian leader’s paranoid obsession with Ukraine was real and unshakable.
    Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • He was physically and mentally brutalized by a sociopathic father.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
  • But then the more sociopathic side of the spectrum might be Kelly-Anne.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Zane Gonzalez, the Washington Commanders kicker, has gone viral on social media for his obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
  • All of it stems from the obsessive-compulsive disorder Gonzalez has lived with his entire life, from childhood to now being a kicker for the Washington Commanders.
    Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 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
  • The elaborate choreography and colorful vision match Vincente Minnelli’s style but underneath carry a delirious energy equal to Ken Russell’s maddest visions of neurotic excess.
    Armond White, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Men huddled together in makeshift rafts, trying to stay calm and conserve energy, while others, weak from injuries or delirious from dehydration, drifted away and became easy targets.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Again, the answer lies in the collective mindset of reality TV, whose fans are highly tolerant of aberrant behavior and quick to forgive missteps.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • But the more people speak up against such aberrant behavior, the more likely those who are inclined toward violence will be persuaded that engaging their fellow citizens nonviolently is the more patriotic course of action.
    Reuben E. Brigety II, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2020
Adjective
  • After Cornell's burial on the farm, a disturbed Dr. Wilbur revealed to Durfee what Cornell had told him: Avery had assaulted her at a camp meeting that August.
    Melissa Gray, NPR, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Many clients are anxious and disturbed, not only because relatives’ flights have been canceled, but because of other actions the administration has already taken to clamp down on immigration.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Schizoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizoid. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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