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The term kalopsia comes from the Greek words kakos (bad, unpleasant) and opsis (seeing). It is used to denote a negative affective connotation of sensory, illusory, and hallucinatory phenomena, in the sense that these are perceived as ugly, sinister, and/or menacing. The term kakopsia is used in opposition to *kalopsia (i.e. seeing things as beautiful, friendly, and/or comforting).
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Blom, J.D. (2010). K. In: A Dictionary of Hallucinations. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1223-7_11
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