Hypernym

noun

any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

schizophrenic disorder 1

noundomain: state

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

Synonyms

schizophrenia 1
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
schizophrenic psychosis 1
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
dementia praecox 1
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

Hyponym

borderline schizophrenia 1

noun

schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia

catatonic schizophrenia 1

noun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement

hebephrenia 1

noun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions

paranoid schizophrenia 1

noun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner

acute schizophrenic episode 1

noun

schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)