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flight of ideas

flight of ideas noun: excessive speech at a rapid rate that involves causal association between ideas, typically seen in bipolar disorder.

Noun

flight of ideas (plural flights of ideas)

  1. Excessive speech at a rapid rate that involves causal association between ideas, typically seen in bipolar disorder.
    • This disturbance is, in many respects, different from the flight of ideas observed in manic state. Flight of ideas in manic patients is expressed verbally in an abundance of words or pressured or clearly logorrheic speech.2005, Andreas Marneros, Frederick Goodwin, editors, Bipolar Disorders: Mixed States, Rapid Cycling and Atypical Forms, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 169
    • The signs of mania, Dr. Vasan said, included the long hours he spent talking to ChatGPT, without eating or sleeping enough, and his “flight of ideas” — the grandiose delusions that his inventions would change the world.2025 August 8, Kashmir Hill, Dylan Freedman, “Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2025

flight of ideas meaning in Tamil

flight of ideas in Tamil

எண்ண ஓட்டம்

Forms of flight of ideas

pluralflights of ideas

Questions about flight of ideas

What does flight of ideas mean?
Flight of ideas means excessive speech at a rapid rate that involves causal association between ideas, typically seen in bipolar disorder.
What is flight of ideas in Tamil?
Flight of ideas in Tamil is எண்ண ஓட்டம். See Flight of ideas meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is flight of ideas?
Flight of ideas is a noun.
What is the plural of flight of ideas?
The plural of flight of ideas is flights of ideas.

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