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pseudo-possession
pseudo-possession n.
Brit. 
/ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)pəˈzɛʃn/
, /ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)pəˈzɛʃn/U.S. /ˌsudoʊpəˈzɛʃ(ə)n/
Psychology a mental state characterized by the feeling of being possessed (by spirits, another person, etc.); the delusion of possession./ˌsudoʊpəˈzɛʃ(ə)n/ΚΠ
1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 65 A duplication of personality..a pseudo~possession, if you will—determined in a hysterical child by the suggestion of friends.
1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 1050/2 When a melancholic or schizophrenic patient expresses delusions of possession..this is to be regarded as mere pathoplastic colouring and the state as one of pseudo-possession only.
1998 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 25 Nov. 13 Pseudo-possession is a part of some psychiatric illnesses. The eruption of dark material from a person's unconscious may give them a feeling of being possessed.
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