Bovarism Definition

noun

An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.

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(psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.

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Origin of Bovarism

  • Named after the character of Emma Bovary in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary + -ism.

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