schizosexual

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adjective

Exhibiting pathologically divergent sexual behaviour, or sexual behaviour (imagined to be) associated with schizophrenia.

Scrabble 33

Meanings

adjectiveschizosexual (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareExhibiting pathologically divergent sexual behaviour, or sexual behaviour (imagined to be) associated with schizophrenia.

    2007 May 29, 7:12pm, “~tanya” (user name), alt.support.anxiety-panic (Usenet newsgroup), “Re: Finally I have been Diagnosed!”, Message ID: <1180462371.704935.42460@p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com> i’m schizosexual […] (which means i hallucinate about gettin’ laid).

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    In individuals of inherited schizophrenic predisposition, the sexual organization remains at a rudimentary level because at least two of its essential constituents, pleasure and love, are innately defective. The ensuing schizosexual behavior is marked by blurred awareness and floundering activity.

    1963, Hendrik Marinus Ruitenbeek, editor, The Problem of Homosexuality in Modern Society, Dutton, page 123

    +SCHIZOSEXUAL — to prefer sex with one’s other selves.

    1996 June 11, 3:00am, “Mindwarp Trismegistus” (user name), alt.tasteless.jokes (Usenet newsgroup), “Re: PLEASE ADD TO: Sexual Preference Terminology”, Message ID: <31BD1502.7685@infogo.com>#1/1
nounschizosexual (plural schizosexuals)

plural schizosexuals

  1. humorousnonce wordrareSomeone exhibiting such behaviour.

    But once Walter plucks up the courage to fully penetrate Automan, he has a sort of breakdown and becomes a split personality. […] After which this futuristic schizosexual goes cruising through the city streets at night, picking up men.

    2011 March 1, Charlie Brooker, How TV Ruined Your Life, series 1, episode 5: “Progress”, 12:07–12:24

Origin

From schizo- + sexual, after schizophrenic and terms ending in -sexual (such as homosexual).

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APA

schizosexual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schizosexual

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schizosexual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schizosexual.

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