folie à deux

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A situation in which two people behave abnormally together in a way that neither of them would individually.
    — And so it came to pass. Ann’s psychiatrist at the time came to believe that the pair were psychotic, and diagnosed Ann with folie à deux, a disorder where two people reinforce each other’s mental illness until it reaches extreme proportions.
  2. A rare syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis (particularly a paranoid or delusional belief) is transmitted from one person to another.

词形变化

folies à deux plural folie a deux alternative folly à deux alternative,rare folly a deux alternative,rare

词汇关系

相关词
à deux folie à trois pas de deux

词源

Borrowed from French folie à deux (“madness for/of two [people]”).
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