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Re:The Schizoid Difference by MichaelCollins on Monday October 03, 2022 @08:43PM (#33075476)
> 2. Schizoid does not colloquially refer to schizophrenia

It often does colloquially refer to schizophrenia, I've heard people use the word this way for as long as I can remember. General purpose English dictionaries document this colloquial meaning, I checked several to be sure:

"(archaic) schizophrenic" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schizoid

"characterized by, resulting from, tending toward, or suggestive of schizophrenia" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schizoid

"suffering from or behaving as if suffering from schizophrenia" https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/schizoid

"Informal. of or relating to schizophrenia or to multiple personality." https://www.dictionary.com/browse/schizoid

"Someone who is schizoid has schizophrenia" https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/schizoi...

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