"intrusive thought" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: intrusive thoughts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} intrusive thought (plural intrusive thoughts)
  1. (psychology) An unwelcome involuntary thought, image, or idea. Wikipedia link: intrusive thought Categories (topical): Psychology Related terms: compulsive behaviour Translations (unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea): tvangstanke [common-gender] (Danish), pakkoajatus (Finnish), Zwangsgedanke [masculine] (German), tvangstanke [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tvangstanke [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), myśl natrętna [feminine] (Polish), tvångstanke [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-intrusive_thought-en-noun-5b~dzDUC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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