Baskerville effect

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The alleged self-fulfilling prophecy that there is an increase in rate of mortality through heart attacks on days considered unlucky because of the psychological stress this causes on superstitious people. uncommon

词形变化

Baskerville effects plural

词源

Named after the Baskerville family from Arthur Conan Doyle's crime novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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