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[[Lexicognosis Syndrome]] is a condition whose sufferers accord higher importance than required to concepts or phenomena that have a name. As an example, a person suffering from this may not react if a coconut fell from a tree. However, if | [[Lexicognosis Syndrome]] is a condition whose sufferers accord higher importance than required to concepts or phenomena that have a name. As an example, a person suffering from this may not react if a coconut fell from a tree. However, if a coconut falling from a tree were named [[Cocoballistic Syndrome]], the person would experience some measure of hysteria - primarily expressed by their attempting to warn other people about this phenomenon. | ||
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Lexicognosis Syndrome is a condition whose sufferers accord higher importance than required to concepts or phenomena that have a name. As an example, a person suffering from this may not react if a coconut fell from a tree. However, if a coconut falling from a tree were named Cocoballistic Syndrome, the person would experience some measure of hysteria - primarily expressed by their attempting to warn other people about this phenomenon.
