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Ideas of reference are a common feature of delusions in the victims of paranoid schizophrenia and similar psychoses. These delusions make the victim imagine that other people's conversations, newspaper headlines, and other human communications have a hidden meaning that impacts the victim directly.

See also: tinfoil hat

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