cryptogram

n. in studies of problem solving, a short quip or quotation whose letters are randomly assigned to replace one another (e.g., s stands for a, a stands for n, and so on). The participant must determine the letter correspondences used in the cryptogram and thus decode the message. See also code test; cryptarithmetic.

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May 10th 2024

Clérambault’s syndrome

a form of erotic paranoia in which a person has delusions that someone else, who is typically older and of higher social status, is in love with him or her. The person continues to hold this belief despite having little contact with the other person and no reciprocation of feelings. The condition is more common in females than in males. Also called de Clérambault’s syndrome. [first described in 1922 by Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934), French physician]