influencing machine

noun

A delusion in which patients with schizophrenia attribute their intrusive, alien thoughts to a mystical apparatus built by their enemies.

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Meanings

nouninfluencing machine (plural influencing machines)

plural influencing machines

  1. A delusion in which patients with schizophrenia attribute their intrusive, alien thoughts to a mystical apparatus built by their enemies.
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