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Truman Show delusion

Truman Show delusion proper noun: a persecutory/grandiose delusion in which the patient believes his/her life is a staged play, a reality television show, etc. or that he/she is being watched by means of cameras.

Proper noun

the Truman Show delusion

  1. A persecutory/grandiose delusion in which the patient believes his/her life is a staged play, a reality television show, etc. or that he/she is being watched by means of cameras.
    Synonyms:
    Truman syndrome

Synonyms of Truman Show delusion

Origin of Truman Show delusion

Named after The Truman Show (1998), a comedy-drama film about Truman Burbank, a man who discovers he is living in a constructed reality televised globally around the clock. (The name is a pun on true man.)

Questions about Truman Show delusion

What does Truman Show delusion mean?
Truman Show delusion means a persecutory/grandiose delusion in which the patient believes his/her life is a staged play, a reality television show, etc. or that he/she is being watched by means of cameras.
What part of speech is Truman Show delusion?
Truman Show delusion is a proper noun.

Words near Truman Show delusion in the dictionary

  1. truly yours
  2. Truman
  3. Truman Doctrine
  4. Truman shirt
  5. Truman shirts
  6. Truman Show delusion
  7. Truman syndrome
  8. Trumanesque
  9. Trumanian
  10. Trumanomics
  11. trumbash

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