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_____ is a positive symptom of schizophrenia in which the individual makes up new words.

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Neologism is indicative of a thought disorder, in this case, schizophrenia. From Greek, Neo means new, and logos means word. Neo+logos = new words.

This is categorized under Positive Symptoms, psychotic behaviors that aren't usually seen in or displayed by healthy people.
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