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Sylvia Plath effect

Sylvia Plath effect proper noun: the phenomenon that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers.

Proper noun

Sylvia Plath effect

  1. The phenomenon that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers.

Origin of Sylvia Plath effect

Coined by psychologist James C. Kaufman in 2001, referring to the poet Sylvia Plath.

Words that rhyme with Sylvia Plath effect

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Questions about Sylvia Plath effect

What does Sylvia Plath effect mean?
Sylvia Plath effect means the phenomenon that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers.
What part of speech is Sylvia Plath effect?
Sylvia Plath effect is a proper noun.

Words near Sylvia Plath effect in the dictionary

  1. sylvestrene
  2. sylvestrian
  3. Sylvestrine
  4. Sylvestrines
  5. Sylvia
  6. Sylvia Plath effect
  7. sylvian
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  10. sylvian fissure
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