Definition of "schizophrenic" [schizophrenic]

• Of, relating to, or affected with schizophrenia. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or characterized by the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic elements. (adjective)
• One who is affected with schizophrenia. (noun)

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• "A so-called split personality is not part of the syndrome, and the word schizophrenic is better avoided in that context."
• "For Deleuze and Guattari, the schizophrenic is a challenge to the political and linguistic systems simultaneously since he utilizes language in unsocial and antisocial ways."
• "Because the schizophrenic is not "properly" hooked up to the Oedipal machine of Imaginary desires and"