köken: Borrowed from German Schizophrenie, based on Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split, to cut”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, brain”) + -ia. More at English schizophrenia.
köken: Borrowed from Russian шизофрени́я (šizofreníja), from German Schizophrenie, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “I tear, split, cut”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, brain”).
köken: Compound of 精神 (seishin, “mind, intellect; psyche”) + 分裂 (bunretsu, “split; break apart”) + 病 (byō, “disease, sickness, illness”). Coined in Japan in the Meiji period as a calque of German Schizophrenie. The Japanese term 精神 (seishin, “mind”) has overtones of reason or intellect in ordinary use, leading historically to some confusion regarding this diagnosis, as persons with schizophrenia do not…
aile: 精神分裂病患者: a schizophrene, a person suffering from schizophrenia
schizophrenia (mental disorder) · blatant contradiction between one's declarations and views, and their actual behavior or the actual state of phenomena
köken: Internationalism; compare English schizophrenia, French schizophrénie, German Schizophrenie, ultimately from New Latin schizophrenia, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō) + φρήν (phrḗn).