| passivity | 1. Passiveness; opposed to activity. 2. <physics> The tendency of a body to remain in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body; inertia. 3. <chemistry> The quality or condition of any substance which has no inclination to chemical activity; inactivity. Origin: Cf. F. Passivite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| delusion of passivity | Delusion of being controlled, a delusion in which one experiences one's feelings, impulses, thoughts, or actions as not one's own, but as being imposed on by some external force. Synonym: delusion of passivity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delusional | Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| delusional disorder | A severe mental disorder characterised by the presence of delusions. The delusions may be related to paranoid, grandiose, somatic, or erotic themes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delusional powers or abilities | Fixed false beliefs, which are not amenable to arguments or facts to the contrary and which are not shared by others of similar cultural background. A characteristic of schizophrenia. (27 Sep 1997) |
| omnipotence of thought | A childish or magical thought process whereby instantaneous gratification of fantasies and wishes is believed to be imminent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thought broadcasting | The delusion of experiencing one's thoughts, as they occur, as being broadcast from one's head to the external world where other people can hear them. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thought insertion | The delusion that one's thoughts are not really one's own but are being placed into one's mind by an external force. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thought process disorder | An intellectual function symptom of schizophrenia, manifested by irrelevance and incoherence of verbal productions ranging from simple blocking and mild circumstantiality to total loosening of associations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thought withdrawal | The delusion that one's thoughts have been removed from one's head resulting in a diminished number of thoughts remaining. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trend of thought | Thinking with a tendency toward or centreing on a particular idea with a particular affect. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extrasensory thought transference | The knowledge or communication by one person with the mental processes of another through channels other than known physical or perceptual processes. (12 Dec 1998) |