psychopathology: neologism

In this form of paraphasia words seem to be newly coined, unrelated either semantically or by sound to any apparently intended word and thus resulting in nonsense.

• The Ruling Class Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, and Harry Andrews 1972

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