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folie
[ faw-lee ]
noun
- madness; insanity.
Word History and Origins
Origin of folie1
Example Sentences
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.
Gradually, a tale told to gain readmittance to the marriage bed becomes a folie à deux, as the couple plot to row out to Rungholt when it rises from the sea and “rescue” their children.
Folie à deux describes shared madness within a pair, but here we will focus on folie à groupe, or the spread of mental symptoms in a group.
It is interchangeably called "shared psychosis," "folie à plusieurs" or "induced delusional disorder."
It deals with the shared life — call it madness, if you will — of a husband and a wife, and the times when their folie à deux edges into public view.
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