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AUTOCHTHONOUS IDEA [1 record]

Record 1 2020-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

A persistent, abnormally dominating idea that originates in the mind of a person and typically in the unconscious and that is thought by the person to have come from an outside, often malevolent, source.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Troubles mentaux
CONT

[...] l'objectivation des représentations mentales peut ne pas aller jusqu'à l'extériorisation : alors le malade dit qu'on lui «envoie des pensées étrangères» (c'est «l'idée autochtone» [...]) qu'il «entend mentalement» [...]

Spanish

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