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FOLIE A DEUX
Dictionary entry overview: What does folie a deux mean?
• FOLIE A DEUX (noun)
The noun FOLIE A DEUX has 1 sense:
1. the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife)
Familiarity information: FOLIE A DEUX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("folie a deux" is a kind of...):
disturbance; folie; mental disorder; mental disturbance; psychological disorder ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness)
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