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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)play

  Familiarity information: FOLIE A DEUX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOLIE A DEUX (noun)


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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