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visual dominance

1. the phenomenon in which visual stimuli, when presented simultaneously with auditory or other stimuli, tend to dominate awareness.

2. the phenomenon in which the view from one eye dominates the percept when viewing a scene with two eyes. See ocular dominance.

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paranoid delusion

paranoid delusion

loosely, any of a variety of false personal beliefs tenaciously sustained even in the face of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. These include delusions of grandeur, delusional jealousy, or, most frequently, delusions of persecution.