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schizophrenia vs hebephrenia

hebephrenia vs schizophrenia

schizophrenia and hebephrenia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
schizophrenia Yes No No No
hebephrenia Yes No No No
As nouns, hebephrenia is a hyponym of schizophrenia; that is, hebephrenia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than schizophrenia:
  • schizophrenia: any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
  • hebephrenia: a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions
Other hyponyms of schizophrenia include borderline schizophrenia, latent schizophrenia, catatonia, catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia, paranoic type schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia, acute schizophrenic episode, reactive schizophrenia.
schizophrenia (noun) hebephrenia (noun)
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions
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