clang association

clang association (klng)

n.

Psychic associations resulting from sounds, often observed in the manic phase of manic-depressive psychosis.

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clang association

[klang]

Etymology: L, clangere, to resound, associare, to unite

the mental connection between dissociated ideas made because of similarity in the sounds of the words used to describe the ideas. The phenomenon occurs frequently in schizophrenia. See also loose association.

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clang association

Neurology A shift in a conversation or flow of ideas, based on the sound of the words being used, not the content Etiology Schizophrenia, manic phase of bipolar disorder. See Bipolar disorder.