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Recent Examples of schizoid
The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.
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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
Why not make a of couple bucks off your other 21st-century schizoid man?
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
There's no way to prevent schizoid or other personality disorders.
—Jessica Migala, Health, 17 Nov. 2023
For example, a mathematician with a schizoid personality might be perfectly comfortable calculating in solitude.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023
Acting isn't schizoid like that.
—Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 13 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizoid
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The actor first came to prominence with an acclaimed turn as a schizophrenic man in the 1993 indie film Clean, Shaven.—
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While the Nuggets themselves are coming off a schizophrenic and inconsistent week, to put it kindly, after home losses to Sacramento and San Antonio, the Blue Arrow has quietly been tying a bow around his most productive November ever.—
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Of the many incarnations of the narcissist, there is the braggart, and there is also the neurotic.—
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Basil, of course, is far from perfect, a rude, neurotic, accident-prone manager who insults guests, hides his gambling winnings from his wife and organizes an elaborate impersonation of her when his surprise anniversary party backfires.—
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Namir Smallwood stars opposite Coon as Peter, a paranoid former soldier and mysterious drifter who meets her character Agnes, a lonely waitress.—
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Trump had won by fifty-three points there in 2016, and Greene’s paranoid pugnacity seemed like a good fit, if voters could stomach an outsider.—
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Anyone who thinks Bloomberg was a good mayor is completely delusional.—
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The standout cast also includes Zach Galifianakis, Lucy Punch, Simon Helberg, and Rob Corddry, with many of their characters also striving—and carrying delusional views of their own worth.—
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But much of it is simply my personality, which borders on the obsessive-compulsive.—
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In a federal court filing Tuesday morning, Cole's attorneys said he has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.—
Adjective
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Data on sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea or sleep-disordered breathing, were not available.—
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The team explained that the disordered layered structure remained dimensionally stable as lithium ions moved, thereby preventing the sharp lattice contraction that normally occurs at high states of charge.—
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As Tony slips into sociopathic self-preservation in the series' waning days, his love for his children provides his last link to humanity.—
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Hedda Nia DaCosta reimagines Henrik Ibsen’s famous anti-heroine as a sociopathic high-society hostess channeling all her frustration into manipulating the many people obsessed with her like an impulsive puppeteer.—
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These are the 2025 Bears, carrying their magic act into 2026 and starting their playoff story like this, with this kind of wild rally in front of a delirious and deserving home crowd.—
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Some of these skew toward the quirkier side, and a couple are blatant reaches (January wish lists are where our most delirious aspirations belong, after all).—
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“Schizoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizoid. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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