jargon aphasia

1. a form of fluent aphasia in which speech is completely meaningless to the listener, whether by violating the rules of syntax and grammar, using the wrong content words (e.g., nouns and verbs), using distorted or invented words (neologistic jargon), or overusing imprecise words (e.g., it, thing) or grammatical words such as articles and prepositions.

2. see word salad.

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Psychology term of the day

July 27th 2024

primary insomnia

in DSM–IV–TR, a sleep disorder characterized by difficulty in initiating or maintaining a restorative sleep to a degree in which the severity and persistence of the sleep disturbance causes clinically significant distress, impairment in a significant area of functioning, or both. The disorder is not caused by a general medical condition or the effects of a substance and is not exclusively an aspect of another sleep disorder or mental disorder. It is termed insomnia disorder in DSM–5. See dyssomnia. Compare primary hypersomnia.