a loss of will power
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Delusions of grandeur
a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are
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a loss of will power
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.an inability to experience pleasure
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions.; "The original idea of catathymia forwarded by Maier (1912),…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.the state of a person's cognitive processes
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complica…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a temporary psychological state
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one'…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychia…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment
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A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with strychnine, in the seeds of different species of Strychnos, especially in the Nu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, much, greater.The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, much, greater.Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, much, greater.To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, much, greater.A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, much, greater.Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, much, greater.Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, characte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, much, greater.The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, much, greater.A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, much, greater.the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas; "She has a delusion that she is being spied on."
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, much, greater.An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, much, greater.Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential…
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