a loss of will power
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Delusions of persecution
a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complicated conspiracy is frequently imagined
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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 you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are
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
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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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Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, others, frustrate.Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, others, frustrate.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, others, frustrate.(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, others, frustrate.A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, others, frustrate.A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, others, frustrate.A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, others, frustrate.of Conspiracy
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, others, frustrate.Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, others, frustrate.One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, others, frustrate.In the manner of a conspirator; by conspiracy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, others, frustrate.To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delusion, common, paranoia, others, frustrate.
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