[Ads-l] Neglected Popular Sense of "Schizophrenia" and "Schizophrenic"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Both OED and Merriam-Webster seem to completely neglect an extremely widespread popular sense of the words "schizophrenia" and "schizophrenic."  This sense is the meaning "split personality."  Although that meaning is scientifically incorrect, I believe that, at least in the U.S., it is the predominant popular definition.

Fred Shapito


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