Münchausen syndrome

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A factitious (artificial) mental disorder in which a person feigns illness or psychological trauma in order to garner attention or sympathy. countable,uncountable

词形变化

Münchausen syndromes plural Munchausen syndrome alternative Münchhausen syndrome alternative Munchhausen syndrome alternative Munchausen's syndrome alternative

词源

From the German name Münchhausen, after the fantastical tales related by the fictional Baron Munchausen (sic) in Rudolf Erich Raspe's English-language novel Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia (1785). The character was loosely based on Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen (1720–1797).
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