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schizophrenia

/ˌskɪt.səˈfɹiː.ni.ə/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
  2. Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.

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Sources

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