reactive schizophrenia
noun
Simple meaning
Schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɹiˈæktɪvskɪtsəfˈɹiniə
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Definition
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noun
Schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)
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This meaning: Schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)
Used this way, reactive schizophrenia is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It comes across as direct, sometimes bluntly so.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Sudden and forceful
- Usage feel
- Blunt and forceful
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