schiz•o•phre•ni•a, n. 1. Psychiatry Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations. 2. a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements. That is exactly what it is with this 'war'. Everything is justified to the brim. We couldn't ask more of fanatics who are unable to hear any other arguments as hard as you try to convince them.