schizophrenic

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Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • Schulz portrayed his Peanuts gang as small adults; Feiffer’s adults are all neurotic overgrown children.
    Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Regardless of his neurotic tendencies, Hovland won last month and finished seventh at the 2023 Masters. 18.
    Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • During the hunt, Natalie ends up colluding with Hannah, Misty, and Van to get away from an increasingly paranoid Shauna and attempt to make contact with someone who can help them.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The two of them often complained behind each other’s backs, according to team and league sources, which established a paranoid environment at Ball Arena.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Sheridan seems to be suggesting that a woman needs to be twice as sociopathic as a man to succeed in modern America.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
  • This is pretty funny, though the sociopathic host gimmick is familiar now.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • About two-thirds of people with ADHD have been diagnosed with a mental health condition such as depression, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).8 Symptoms and Traits While every neurodivergent individual experiences unique emotional and behavioral symptoms.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2025
  • For instance, exposure therapy tends to be the go-to for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Mar. 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
  • Absurd and even delirious accusations were thrown at me, which deeply hurt my spirit.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
  • By that point the artist was far from Paris, in retreat from the Revolution, and the new paintings have a fleet, delirious, shut-in feel as if produced in a fever.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Where the ambulances once stood, remnants of vehicles protruded from disturbed ground.
    Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Next to disturbed earth are three Israeli military bulldozers and an excavator.
    Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Schizophrenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenic. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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