追つい跡せき妄もう想そう

noun

persecutory delusion; delusion of pursuit

A psychoanalytic term for the delusional belief that one is being followed, watched, or persecuted. Used in clinical or academic contexts.

• 追つい跡せき妄もう想そうは統とう合ごう失しっ調ちょう症しょうの症しょう状じょうの一ひとつとして現あらわれることがある。

  Persecutory delusions can appear as one of the symptoms of schizophrenia.