Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
hebephreniac .
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- adjective Pertaining to, or characteristic of,
hebephrenia .
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- adjective suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior
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Examples
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Disorganised or hebephrenic schizophrenia is signified by verbal incoherence and moods and emotions not appropriate to a situation.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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Disorganised or hebephrenic schizophrenia is signified by verbal incoherence and moods and emotions not appropriate to a situation.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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I had a girlfriend, many, many years ago, who had hebephrenic schizophrenia.
Sound Politics: Why Was Daniel Culotti Even ON The Street? 2006
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Also, I am fascinated by hebephrenic schizophrenics the most.
Madness and Survival The Daily Growler 2006
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I'm going absolutely hebephrenic and turning into a white wolf to boot.
More From This Crazy World The Daily Growler 2006
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M asked me several times what kind of cake I wanted, and I kept replying with a hebephrenic answer borrowed from Charlie Brown Christmases of "a rock".
RIP Jon Balance badger 2004
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The evolution of symptoms in institutionalized hebephrenic/catatonic schizophrenics.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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He had a history of withdrawal and fragmentary delusions, and was diagnosed as schizophrenic of the disorganized or hebephrenic type.
Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991
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He had a history of withdrawal and fragmentary delusions, and was diagnosed as schizophrenic of the disorganized or hebephrenic type.
Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991
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It may be hebephrenic (hee'bee-free'nik; "childish mind" G), where one prominent symptom is childish or silly behavior.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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...a difference of opinion in which seemed mingled in equal parts patience, ferocity, and complete futility, if not actual hebephrenic dilapidation.
- Malcolm Lowry, October Ferry to Gabriola
July 30, 2008