diagnonsense
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of diagnosis + nonsense
Noun
[edit]diagnonsense (uncountable)
- (medicine, humorous, somewhat derogatory) An inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry.
- 2009, Erica Rivera, Insatiable - A Young Mother's Struggle with Anorexia:
- Her diagnonsense? I'm in the midst of "The dark night of the soul."
- 2010, David M. Allen, How Dysfunctional Families Spur Mental Disorders, page 175:
- She said, "There was a lot of diagnonsense going on around there." Out of the mouths of babes ...
- 2013, Christopher Tenney, Redemption II, page 20:
- "Hey Doc, what's the diagnonsense." O'Leary says.
- 2015, Erik Cloud, The New Age Bible:
- This book by no means is I giving any of my diagnonsense predetermined medical/mental conditions any credibility through transference to literature legally ...
- 2017, Chris Urquhart, Dirty Kids - Chasing Freedom with America's Nomads:
- "Diagnonsense is more like it," she jokes. She is clear and eloquent, with quick eyes that are growing kinder.