Ideas Of Reference: The unfounded belief that objects, events, or people are of personal significance. For example, a person may think that a television program he is watching is all about him. May reach sufficient intensity to constitute delusions.

 

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Ideas Of Reference: The unfounded belief that objects, events, or people are of personal significance. For example, a person may think that a television program he is watching is all about him. May reach suffic . . . View Full Definition

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