Helsinki syndrome

Examples of Helsinki syndrome in a sentence

• Davis was familiar with the Helsinki Syndrome, where hostages were brainwashed into thinking of their captives as friends.1999, Lee Butcher, Sex, Money and Murder in Daytona Beach, page 342:
• This is a variation of the Helsinki Syndrome, in which hostages come to sympathize with their captors.2001, Quinton Skinner, Do I Look Like a Daddy to You?:, page 90:
• And had she even once mentioned that in reality Beauty was a hostage suffering from Helsinki syndrome?2001, Lynda Simmons, Just the Way You Aren't, page 117:
• I've read about the Helsinki syndrome, when the victim becomes attached to his or her tormentor.2007, Vanda Juknaitė, Bernard Ivan Tamas, Laima Srouginis, My Voice Betrays Me, page xix:

Forms of Helsinki syndrome

Origin of Helsinki syndrome

Probably due to the 1988 film Die Hard in which an ignorant TV expert calls Stockholm syndrome "Helsinki syndrome": * 1988, Jeb Stuart (screenplay), Die Hard: Gail Wallens (a news anchor, live on air): ...author of "Hostage/Terrorist, Terrorist/Hostage, a Study in Duality." Dr. Hasseldorf, what can we expect in the next few hours? Dr. Hasseldorf: Well, Gail, by this time the hostages should be going through the early stages of the Helsinki Syndrome. Harvey Johnson (Gail's co-anchor): As in Helsinki, Sweden? [a crew member facepalms]

Questions about Helsinki syndrome

What does Helsinki syndrome mean?

Helsinki syndrome means stockholm syndrome.

How do you use Helsinki syndrome in a sentence?

Davis was familiar with the Helsinki Syndrome, where hostages were brainwashed into thinking of their captives as friends.

What part of speech is Helsinki syndrome?

Helsinki syndrome is a noun.