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pseudocommunity

n. a group of real or imagined persons believed, in a persecutory delusion, to be organized for the purpose of conspiring against, threatening, harassing, or otherwise negatively focusing upon one. Also called paranoid pseudocommunity. [first described by 20th-century U.S. psychiatrist and clinical psychologist Norman A. Cameron]

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February 28th 2025

coaction task

coaction task

any performance, competition, work assignment, or other goal-oriented activity that individuals execute in the presence of one or more other individuals who are performing a similar type of task. Examples include an aerobics exercise session and students taking a written test in a classroom. Compare audience task.