logo-, log-, -logia, -logic, -logical, -logism, -logician, -logian, -logist, -logy +

An abnormal anxiety about words or certain kinds of words or specific words.

Preoccupation with thoughts about a particular word.

Any paralysis of the speech organs.

The use of words, not only for their direct meaning, but also for the uniquely aesthetic content; i.e., that which cannot be captured by music or other art forms.

1. Excessive talkativeness; especially, when the words are uncontrolled or incoherent, as is seen in certain psychiatric illnesses.
2. It is characteristic of manic episodes and is found in schizophrenia among other disorders.
3. Logorrhea is sometimes used as an equivalent to tachylogia, although the latter suggests abnormal rapidity of speech rather than an excessive amount.

1. Jesus Christ as Divine Wisdom, so named in the Gospel according to John, The Evangelist (New Testament Bible), as the "Word of God", the personification of the wisdom of God and divine wisdom as the means for human salvation.
2. In Judaism, the divine wisdom of the Word of God.

1. Explosive speech; stuttering.
2. Spasmodic word enunciation.

Sometimes used as an equivalent of logoclonia which is the spasmodic repetition of words or parts of words, particularly the end syllables, often occurring in Alzheimer's disease.

1. A form of psychotherapy that places special emphasis on the patient's spiritual life and on the physician as the "medical minister".
2. An existential type of psychotherapy which maintains that man's mental health depends on his/her awareness of meaning in her/his life.
3. A treatment modality based on the application of humanistic and existential psychology to assist a patient in finding meaning and purpose in life and unique life experiences.

A type that contains two or more letters cast as one piece.

A dull conversationalist, usually met at parties or other social gatherings.

1. Hatred of speaking or arguing. One patient with catatonic schizophrenia, for example, remained mute lest the world be destroyed through her speaking.
2. An aversion or hatred of talking or of mental activity.

The fanatical concern that a writer has of using the same word more than once in three lines.

The fanatical concern that a writer has of using the same word more than once in three lines.

1. A recently coined word or phrase, or a recently extended meaning of an existing word or phrase.
2. The practice of coining new words or phrases, or of extending the meaning of existing words or phrases.
3. In medicine and psychiatry, a new word or phrase of the patient's own making often seen in schizophrenia (e.g., "headshoe" to mean hat), or an existing word used in a new sense.

In psychiatry, such usages may have meaning only to the patient or be indicative of his/her condition.

4. The use of an unconventional vocabulary innovation; when the use of such a coinage or innovation is either rationally, to represent a new idea, method, or object; or as with a disordered neurologic condition; such as, delirium, or in a mental disorder as with schizophrenia, when the patient wishes to express a highly complex meaning related to his/her conflicts.
5. Etymology: "practice of innovation in language", 1800, from French néologisme, from Greek neo-, "new" + Greek logos, "word".

1. A lexicographer of new words and expressions or a person who coins or makes up new words.
2. Someone who invents or employs new words.
3. Anyone who introduces, or uses new words, or new senses of existing words.
4. A person who adopts new views, or new doctrines; especially, a new interpretation of sacred writings or views of theology.
5. In psychiatry, someone who produces a new word, often consisting of a combination of other words, that is understood only by the speaker.

This occurs most often in the speech of schizophrenics.