schizophrenia

  1. Noun.  (pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion.
  2. Noun.  (informal) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist.

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