folie
Americannoun
plural
foliesEtymology
Origin of folie
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Still, Big and Little Edie are not so far gone in their folie à deux that they are unaware of the Maysles brothers’ presence, and they even interact with the filmmakers at times.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022
At times, they seemed to imply that it was a sort of mass folie à deux—a shared delusion.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 3, 2019
In psychiatry there is a condition known as folie à deux, which describes how two people share a psychosis.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2019
Some have suggested their relationship was a classic folie a deux, a shared psychosis in which a delusional belief is transferred from one person to another.
From BBC • May 16, 2017
Whenever he gets very much disturbed over business matters, as is likely to happen in panic times, he develops a very striking folie du doute, or doubting mania.
From Religion And Health by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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