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folie à deux

 
Dictionary: fo·lie à deux   (fô-lē' ä dœ', fŏl'ē) pronunciation
 
n.

A condition in which symptoms of a mental disorder, such as the same delusional beliefs or ideas, occur simultaneously in two individuals who share a close relationship or association.

[French : folie, madness + à, between + deux, two.]


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(fô-lē' ä dœ', fŏl'ē)
n.

A condition in which symptoms of a mental disorder, occur simultaneously in two individuals who share a close relationship or association.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #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)


 
 

 

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