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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Other Word for "Literalist"? #178833 08/20/08 07:08 AM Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 27 Barcelona T TitoMatito OP newbie OP TitoMatito newbie T Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 27 Barcelona The word I'm trying to find was used on a radio program some months ago and I made a mental --rather than physical-- note of it, which of course means that I don't remember it. It was used not in the general sense, but as a reference to a mental disease. Or nearly so. It referred to a person is incapable of thinking metaphorically or in similes. For example, if somebody were to say, "She had an unusual glow about her," this person would be unable to think of this as anything other than a halo. I believe it's a neurological condition. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Other Word for "Literalist"? TitoMatito #178834 08/20/08 08:22 AM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 155 M morphememedley member morphememedley member M Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 155 Did the program have to do with diminished idiom comprehension? Here is an abstract of a study of idiom comprehension in Alzheimer's disease. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Other Word for "Literalist"? morphememedley #178835 08/20/08 08:31 AM Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 27 Barcelona T TitoMatito OP newbie OP TitoMatito newbie T Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 27 Barcelona No, definitely not that. Unfortunately, I don't remember the program, otherwise I'd track it down. I pack my mp3 player with podcasts, mostly science programs, and listen to them all day while on the bus, metro, walking, waiting, shopping, etc. Haven't heard anything recently on Alzheimer's. However, that's definitely an interesting concept, Diminished Idiom Comprehension. Also, very similar to what I'm looking for. Mine was one word, I remember. I seem to remember it starting with an "S". Possibly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Other Word for "Literalist"? TitoMatito #178836 08/20/08 08:58 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania  Originally Posted By: TitoMatito The word I'm trying to find was used on a radio program some months ago and I made a mental --rather than physical-- note of it, which of course means that I don't remember it. If it's not written down it doesn't exist. Know the experience well. Literalism or concrete thinking is one symptom of people with High Functioning Autism or Asperger's Syndrome. The inability to think metaphorically is also sometimes comorbid with other inabilities like prosopagnosia (not being able to recognise faces) and aphasia. Certain Aphasics are unable to understand or recognise words when they are used apart from their normal specific functions. Literalism is also sometimes present in schizophrenia. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,344 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 782 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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