reduplicative paramnesia

a false memory or delusion characterized by the subjective certainty that a familiar person or place has been duplicated, such as the belief that the hospital where one is treated is duplicated and relocated to another site. Patients may believe they are simultaneously in the two locations. This condition can be caused by a variety of neurological disorders. Brain lesions commonly involve the frontal lobes, the right hemisphere, or both. See also Capgras syndrome.

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December 26th 2024

institutionalized racism

differential treatment of individuals on the basis of their racial group by religious organizations, governments, businesses, the media, educational institutions, and other large social entities. Examples include discrimination in hiring, promotion, and advancement at work; restrictive housing regulations that promote segregation; unfair portrayal of minority members in newspapers and magazines; and legal statutes that restrict the civil liberties of the members of specific racial categories. A parallel phenomenon exists for sexism. Also called institutional racism.