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paranoid schizophrenia vs dementia praecox

dementia praecox vs paranoid schizophrenia

paranoid schizophrenia and dementia praecox both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
paranoid schizophrenia Yes No No No
dementia praecox Yes No No No
As nouns, dementia praecox is a hypernym of paranoid schizophrenia; that is, dementia praecox is a word with a broader meaning than paranoid schizophrenia:
  • paranoid schizophrenia: a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner
  • dementia praecox: any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
Other hypernyms of paranoid schizophrenia include schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis.
paranoid schizophrenia (noun) dementia praecox (noun)
a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner 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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