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sexual object

1. in general language, a person regarded only in terms of his or her sexual attractiveness.

2. in psychoanalytic theory, a person, animal, or inanimate object toward whom or which the sexual energy of an individual is directed. Also called sex object.

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thought insertion

thought insertion

a delusion in which the individual believes that thoughts have been irresistibly forced into his or her mind and ascribes these thoughts to outside sources.