Schizophrenia and Violence

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia noun - Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.
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Violence and schizophrenia are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Violence" instead a noun "Schizophrenia".

Nearby Word: schizophrenic

Violence

Violence noun - The use of brute strength to cause harm to a person or property.

Schizophrenia and violence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Schizophrenia" instead a noun "Violence".

Nearby Words: violent, violently

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  • It's the usual Hollywood combination of schizophrenia with dissociative identity disorder (and possibly post-traumatic stress disorder), while flanderizing psychosis (meaning out-of-touch with reality) into rampaging violence.
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Violence and Schizophrenia. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/schizophrenia/violence
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