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idea of reference

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idea (i-de´ah) a mental impression or conception.
autochthonous idea  a persistent idea originating within the mind but seeming to have come from an outside source and often therefore felt to be of malevolent origin.
dominant idea  one that controls or colors every action and thought.
fixed idea  a persistent morbid impression or belief that cannot be changed by reason.
overvalued idea  a false or exaggerated belief sustained beyond reason or logic but with less rigidity than a delusion, also often being less patently unbelievable.
idea of reference  the incorrect idea that words and actions of others refer to oneself or the projection of the causes of one's own imaginary difficulties upon someone else.

idea of reference
n.
The belief that other people's statements or acts have special reference to oneself when in fact they do not.

idea of reference,
a delusion that the statements, events, or actions of others, usually interpreted as deprecatory, refer to oneself. It is often seen in paranoid disorders. Also called delusion of reference, referential idea.


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While it is doubtful that Green actually invented the idea of reference service for library users, he was the first to speak publicly about the concept and was the first to discuss it in writing.
 
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