dementia praecox

1. 1.

   any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

   Synonymsschizophreniaschizophrenic disorderschizophrenic psychosis

   Broaderpsychosis

   Narrowerborderline schizophreniacatatonic schizophreniahebephreniaparanoid schizophreniaacute schizophrenic episode

Questions about dementia praecox

What does dementia praecox mean?

dementia praecox means "any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact".

What is another word for dementia praecox?

Close synonyms include schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dementia praecox a common word?

dementia praecox is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.