Definition of "schizoid"

Abstract symbol systems, such as mathematics, are especially valuable for object-seeking for schizoid personalities. By means of such symbolizations, object contact may be sought and obtained, while at the same time a psychological distance may be maintained between self and other; it is virtually impossible to have a personal relationship and at the same time to maintain such distance.

1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 8, in The Myth of Mental Illness, page 135

Babits himself never fully lived up to this program; indeed, the declaration itself shows his schizoid attitude toward poetry: he wants to say out loud that he does not want to be heard.

1972, Roy Temple House, Ernst Erich Noth, Books Abroad, volume 46, page 32