dementia_praecox | ||
1. | [ noun ] (psychology,psychiatry) any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact | |
Synonyms: | schizophrenic_disorder schizophrenic_psychosis schizophrenia | |
Related terms: | psychosis hebephrenia catatonic_schizophrenia paranoid_schizophrenia acute_schizophrenic_episode borderline_schizophrenia | |