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schizophrenia
noun(schizo-phre-nia)
a mental illness that is characterized by disturbances in thought (such as delusions), perception (such as hallucinations), and behavior (such as disorganized speech or catatonic behavior), by a loss of emotional responsiveness and extreme apathy, and by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life
schizophrenia
noun(schizo-phre-nia)
contradictory or antagonistic qualities or attitudes
schizophrenia
noun(schizo-phre-nia)
schizophrenia characterized especially by delusions of persecution, grandiosity, or jealousy and by hallucinations (such as hearing voices) chiefly of an auditory nature

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