intermetamorphosis means A delusional syndrome, related to agnosia, in which the patient believes he/she can see others changing from one person into another. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “intermetamorphosis” is a great word
INTERMETAMORPHOSIS — [Noun] A delusional misidentification syndrome in which a person believes others are physically and psychologically transforming into different individuals. From the Latin prefix inter- ("between, among") + metamorphosis, from the Greek metamorphōsis ("transformation"), from meta- ("change") + morphē ("form"). Unlike the Capgras delusion (which involves a familiar person being replaced by an identical impostor) or the Frégoli delusion (which compresses many strangers into a single persecutor in disguise), intermetamorphosis is a conviction of fluid, continuous change. It is the face of a spouse shifting into a stranger’s mid-sentence, the voice of a friend being overwritten by an enemy’s, and the terror that every conversation is a palimpsest written over a disappearing soul—a profound, lonely disbelief in the very solidity of the self.
noun
- A delusional syndrome, related to agnosia, in which the patient believes he/she can see others changing from one person into another.