Phrase guide

intrusive thought

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An unwelcome involuntary thought, image, or idea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: неадчэпная думка (njeadčepnaja dumka) — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Belarusian: надакучлівая думка (nadakučlivaja dumka) — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Belarusian: дакучлівая думка (dakučlivaja dumka) — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Belarusian: назойлівая думка (nazójlivaja dumka) — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Belarusian: няпрошаная думка (njapróšanaja dumka) — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 侵入性思維 /侵入性思维 (qīnrù xìng sīwéi) — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Danish: tvangstanke — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Finnish: pakkoajatus — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • German: Zwangsgedanke — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Japanese: 侵入思考 (shin'nyū shikō) — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tvangstanke — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tvangstanke — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Polish: myśl natrętna — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Portuguese: pensamento intrusivo — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Spanish: pensamiento intrusivo / intruso — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea
  • Swedish: tvångstanke — unwelcome involuntary thought, image or idea