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Recent Examples of schizophrenic
The ongoing controversy surrounding the police shooting of a mentalliy ill Queens schizophrenic man who charged at cops with a knife ratcheted up a notch Wednesday with the release of 911 audio the NYPD says makes clear police were going to be responding to the episode.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
The most compelling aspect of Newsom’s biography is his schizophrenic upbringing, vis-à-vis wealth.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
Johnson died on April 21, 2024 while in custody of the Tarrant County jail after being arrested within 48 hours prior, while enduring what his family says was a schizophrenic episode.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
Boston man Barry Howze, a schizophrenic patient, allegedly evaded hospital staff and then raped the paralyzed woman in her hospital bed.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Bodden was in the midst of a bipolar and schizophrenic episode, according to the lawsuit.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
The actor first came to prominence with an acclaimed turn as a schizophrenic man in the 1993 indie film Clean, Shaven.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2025
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.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
The groundbreaking star of such smash action franchises as Charlie’s Angels and Kill Bill is movingly stripped down in Rosemead as Irene, a Chinese immigrant and widow battling a terminal illness while raising her son, Joe, who is schizophrenic.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
The most compelling aspect of Newsom’s biography is his schizophrenic upbringing, vis-à-vis wealth.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
Johnson died on April 21, 2024 while in custody of the Tarrant County jail after being arrested within 48 hours prior, while enduring what his family says was a schizophrenic episode.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
Boston man Barry Howze, a schizophrenic patient, allegedly evaded hospital staff and then raped the paralyzed woman in her hospital bed.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Bodden was in the midst of a bipolar and schizophrenic episode, according to the lawsuit.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
The actor first came to prominence with an acclaimed turn as a schizophrenic man in the 1993 indie film Clean, Shaven.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2025
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.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
The groundbreaking star of such smash action franchises as Charlie’s Angels and Kill Bill is movingly stripped down in Rosemead as Irene, a Chinese immigrant and widow battling a terminal illness while raising her son, Joe, who is schizophrenic.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenic
Adjective
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The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.—
Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
14 Apr. 2024
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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
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The anti-pop animus of classic rock criticism reflected nothing so much as a neurotic puritanism, or maybe just a snobbish inability to hear the deep beauty of pop.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Mar. 2026
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Perfectionists Nini and Jane are feeling a bit neurotic, while Darlene Mitchell helpfully steers Juicy to develop a Karen that will lean into her strengths and make Ru laugh.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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While there has always been a thriving industry of paranoid books and films, modern conspiracism has avenues of distribution and incentive that Cold War cranks and 19th-century pamphleteers could have only dreamed of.—
Mike Rothschild,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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His YouTube page, once an online venue for his songs, was more recently dedicated to paranoid rants about his family members, some centering on his relationship with his grandfather, and others where Valdez displayed bizarre behavior like imitating Nazi soldiers.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Using marijuana also did not improve other mental health conditions such as anorexia nervosa; bipolar disorder; obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD; or psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, Wilson said.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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Another patient had a revelation about the origins of his severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, which significantly improved his symptoms.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The study found that a technological flaw already tied to some high-profile cases of delusional and suicidal behavior in vulnerable populations is also pervasive across a wide range of people’s interactions with chatbots.—
Matt O'Brien,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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That’s perhaps for the best, given the ongoing discussions surrounding AI psychosis, a troubling trend that has caused an alarming wave of mental health crises as the tech coaxes some users into spirals of paranoid and delusional behavior.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Her 18-year-old daughter, Annalee, died by suicide in November 2020 after she was allegedly inundated with content related to disordered eating, self-injury, and suicide.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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The pressure to be perfect can also contribute to disordered eating.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Sure, the sequence largely swipes away hints given prior that Bowser was an absent father, but in a film where most of the characters veer toward the blandly nice, watching a dad and his son bond over their same sociopathic tendencies was the only moment that tugged at the heartstrings.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2026
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In truth, this sociopathic leading lady should be unlikeable.—
Rebecca Cope,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2026
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That delirious excess befits the essence of Lapid’s method, which is a fusion of fiction with indigestibly and irreducibly nonfictional elements.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Those 18,646 went delirious, as did the Spurs themselves.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Schizophrenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenic. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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