Psych Vocabulary

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1.

Planophrasia is a flight of ideas, such as is observed in manic-depressive psychoses.

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2.

Necromania is a morbid attraction to graves and cemetaries.

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3.

Dromomania is an abnormal impulse to travel.

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4.

Dipsomania is sexual excitement aroused by whipping.

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5.

Mixoscopia is the mental condition of the individual in the modern state -one who is concerned with material products, is overly hygienic, is anxious, and whose libido is withdrawn from his/her family group.

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6.

Paraminia is a disorder in which gestures fail to express the underlying feelings.

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7.

Claustrophilia is a fear of closed spaces.

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8.

Coprolalia is an obsessive use of obsene words.

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9.

Pseudesthesia is a false or illusory sensation, such as the illusion of irritation in an amputated limb.

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10.

Taphophilia is a morbid desire, usually sexual, for a dead body.

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