subvocal

American  

[suhb-voh-kuhl] / sʌbˈvoʊ kəl /

adjective

1. mentally formulated as words, especially without vocalization.

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Etymology

Origin of subvocal

First recorded in 1920–25; sub- + vocal

Example Sentences

They’re actually hearing their own “subvocal speech”—the unconscious muttering that we all do, and that people with schizophrenia are unable to disregard.

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This phenomenon is called subvocal speech, and it happens all the time.

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Our thoughts turn into subvocal speech when that mechanism goes as far as to rouse those muscles to contract, even though that stimulation is usually too weak to generate a voice that anyone could actually hear.

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The psychiatrist Louis Gould wanted to know whether auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia have anything to do with the phenomenon of subvocal speech.

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If so, why would schizophrenics happen to notice their subvocal speech while healthy people do not?

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