alogia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλογία (alogía, “absurdity; confusion; irrationality; speechlessness”).

Noun

alogia (uncountable)

1. A general lack of additional, unprompted content in normal speech, a common symptom of schizophrenia.

Translations

lack of additional, unprompted content in normal speech

• Portuguese: alogia (pt) f
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Anagrams

• laogai

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλογία (alogía, “absurdity; confusion; irrationality; speechlessness”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈlo.ɡi.a/, [äˈɫ̪ɔɡiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈlo.d͡ʒi.a/, [äˈlɔːd͡ʒiä]

Noun

alogia f (genitive alogiae); first declension

1. Irrational conduct or action; nonsense, folly.
2. Dumbness, muteness.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alogia	alogiae
Genitive	alogiae	alogiārum
Dative	alogiae	alogiīs
Accusative	alogiam	alogiās
Ablative	alogiā	alogiīs
Vocative	alogia	alogiae

Related terms

• alogus

References

• “alogia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alogia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• alogia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Noun

alogia f (plural alogias)

1. (dated) absurdity; nonsense
2. (psychology) alogia (lack of additional, unprompted content in normal speech)

Synonyms

• (nonsense): besteira, absurdo