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folie à trois

folie à trois noun: a form of shared psychotic disorder in which three individuals have the same or similar delusional beliefs, usually by transference.

Noun

folie à trois (uncountable)

  1. A form of shared psychotic disorder in which three individuals have the same or similar delusional beliefs, usually by transference.

Origin of folie à trois

From French folie à trois (“madness of three (people)”).

Questions about folie à trois

What does folie à trois mean?
Folie à trois means a form of shared psychotic disorder in which three individuals have the same or similar delusional beliefs, usually by transference.
What part of speech is folie à trois?
Folie à trois is a noun.

Words near folie à trois in the dictionary

  1. foliculogenesis
  2. folie de grandeur
  3. folie du doute
  4. folie à deux
  5. folie à familie
  6. folie à trois
  7. folier
  8. folies de grandeur
  9. folies à deux
  10. foliferous
  11. foliform

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