coprolalia

[ kop-ruh-ley-lee-uh ]

nounPsychiatry.
  1. the obsessive use of scatological language.

Origin of coprolalia

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Other words from coprolalia

  • cop·ro·la·li·ac [kop-ruh-ley-lee-ak], /ˌkɒp rəˈleɪ liˌæk/, adjective

Words Nearby coprolalia

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How to use coprolalia in a sentence

  • They resemble coprolalia, salutations, etc., in being accidental and not essential symptoms.

  • Among those who suffer from obsessions mental coprolalia is far from uncommon.

  • At a later stage a fairly definite tendency to coprolalia became manifest.

British Dictionary definitions for coprolalia

coprolalia

/ (ˌkɒprəˈleɪlɪə) /


noun
  1. obsessive use of obscene or foul language

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