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schizophrenia
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3 definitions • 2 examples
1
a
serious
mental
illness
in which someone cannot understand what is real and what is
imaginary
:
Examples:
He was
diagnosed
with
paranoid
schizophrenia.
2
the
state
of having
qualities
or
attitudes
that are different from each other and do not work well together:
Examples:
Lexington, as a
prison
and a
hospital
, was an
expression
of America's schizophrenia about how to
treat
addiction
.
3
a
mental
illness
in which a person’s
thoughts
and
feelings
are not
related
to
reality
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