diagnonsense

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noun

An inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry.

OriginEnglish nonsense ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

noundiagnonsense (uncountable)
  1. derogatoryhumorousuncountablemedicineAn inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry.

    "Hey Doc, what's the diagnonsense." O'Leary says.

    2013, Christopher Tenney, Redemption II, page 20
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    Then what's wrong with me, huh? What the fuck is going on inside my head? Tell me, Dr. Val, what's your diag-nonsense?

    1999, James Mangold (director), Girl, Interrupted, spoken by supporting actress (Winona Ryder)

    Her diagnonsense? I'm in the midst of "The dark night of the soul."

    2009, Erica Rivera, Insatiable - A Young Mother's Struggle with Anorexia

    She said, "There was a lot of diagnonsense going on around there." Out of the mouths of babes ...

    2010, David M. Allen, How Dysfunctional Families Spur Mental Disorders, page 175

    This book by no means is I giving any of my diagnonsense predetermined medical/mental conditions any credibility through transference to literature legally ...

    2015, Erik Cloud, The New Age Bible

    "Diagnonsense is more like it," she jokes. She is clear and eloquent, with quick eyes that are growing kinder.

    2017, Chris Urquhart, Dirty Kids - Chasing Freedom with America's Nomads

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  5. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  9. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  10. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  11. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  12. Latindiagnōsis
  13. Englishdiagnosis
  14. Proto-Indo-European*né
  15. Proto-Germanic*ne
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  18. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  19. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  20. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  21. Old Englishnān
  22. Middle Englishnon
  23. Old Englishnān
  24. Old Englishnān-
  25. Middle Englishnon-
  26. Englishnon-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  28. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  29. Latinsentiō
  30. Latinsēnsu
  31. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  32. Frankish*sinn
  33. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  34. Old Frenchsens
  35. Middle Englishsense
  36. Englishsense
  37. Englishnonsense
  38. Englishdiagnonsense

Blend of diagnosis + nonsense.

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APA

diagnonsense. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diagnonsense

MLA

“diagnonsense.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diagnonsense. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diagnonsense,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diagnonsense.

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