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Munchausen syndrome

Munchausen syndrome is the alternative spelling of Münchausen syndrome.

Meaning of Münchausen syndrome

Noun

Münchausen syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural Münchausen syndromes)

  1. A factitious (artificial) mental disorder in which a person feigns illness or psychological trauma in order to garner attention or sympathy.
    Synonyms:
    factitious disorder, factitious disorder imposed on self

Forms of Munchausen syndrome

pluralMunchausen syndromes

Questions about Munchausen syndrome

What is Munchausen syndrome the alternative spelling of?
Munchausen syndrome is the alternative spelling of Münchausen syndrome.

Words near Munchausen syndrome in the dictionary

  1. munchability
  2. munchable
  3. munchables
  4. Munchausen
  5. Munchausen by Internet
  6. Munchausen syndrome
  7. Munchausen syndrome by proxy
  8. Munchausenism
  9. Munchausenisms
  10. Munchausenize
  11. Munchausenized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Munchausen syndrome (page history and authors); Münchausen syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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