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Munchhausen syndrome

Munchhausen 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 Munchhausen syndrome

pluralMunchhausen syndromes

Questions about Munchhausen syndrome

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

Words near Munchhausen syndrome in the dictionary

  1. muncheel
  2. muncheels
  3. muncher
  4. munchers
  5. munches
  6. Munchhausen syndrome
  7. Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
  8. Munchi
  9. munchie
  10. munchie box
  11. munchie boxes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Munchhausen 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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