二に次じ妄もう想そう

noun

secondary delusion

A delusion that arises as an attempt to explain or make sense of an abnormal experience, such as a hallucination or mood disturbance, in psychiatric contexts.

• 統とう合ごう失しっ調ちょう症しょうでは、幻げん聴ちょうを説せつ明めいしようとして二に次じ妄もう想そうが生しょうじることがある。

  In schizophrenia, secondary delusions may arise as an attempt to explain auditory hallucinations.