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单词 word salad
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word salad


word′ sal`ad


n. incoherent speech consisting of both real and imaginary words, lacking comprehensive meaning, and occurring in schizophrenic states or other pathological conditions. [1910–15]
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Noun1.word salad - jumble of incoherent speech as sometimes heard in schizophreniaunintelligibility, incoherence, incoherency - nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible

word salad


word salad

 [werd sal´ad] an incoherent jumble of words and neologisms, such as that observed in advanced schizophrenia; called also schizophasia.

word sal·ad

(werd sal'ăd), A jumble of meaningless and unrelated words emitted by people with certain kinds of schizophrenia.

word salad

A mixture of neologisms, words and phrases that lack meaning. Word salads are characterised by loosening of associations, shifting of topics that may progress to near incoherence and a lack of logical connection; they typically accompany disordered thought processes, such as presents in schizophrenia.

word salad

Psychiatry A mixture of neologisms, words, and phrases that lack comprehensive meaning or logical coherence; WSs are characterized by loosening of associations, shifting of topics that may progress to near incoherence, and a lack of logical connection; WSs are typical of disordered thought processes–eg, schizophrenia. Cf Witzelsucht.

word sal·ad

(wŏrd sal'ăd) A jumble of meaningless and unrelated words emitted by people with certain kinds of schizophrenia.

Word salad

Speech that is so disorganized that it makes no linguistic or grammatical sense.Mentioned in: Schizophrenia

word salad


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Words related to word salad

noun jumble of incoherent speech as sometimes heard in schizophrenia

Related Words

  • unintelligibility
  • incoherence
  • incoherency
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