- t. 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.
- t. 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.
- trend of t. thinking with a tendency toward or centering on a particular idea with a particular affect.
- t. withdrawal the delusion that one's thoughts have been removed from one's head resulting in a diminished number of thoughts remaining.
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thought 'thò‡t n
1 a) the action or process of thinking
b) serious consideration
2 a) reasoning power
b) the power to imagine: CONCEPTION
3) something that is thought: as
a) an individual act or product of thinking
b) a developed intention or plan <he had no \thought of leaving home>
c) something (as an opinion or belief) in the mind <she spoke her \thoughts freely>
d) the intellectual product or the organized views and principles of a period, place, group, or individual
Medical dictionary. 2011.