thought insertion.

The experience or belief that an outside source put thoughts into one’s mind rather than the mind generating them.

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Words that belong together

• reported thought insertion
• an experience of thought insertion

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She described thought insertion as the sense that the words had arrived from someone else.

The clinician recorded reported thought insertion without confirming an external source.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.