English Explanatory Dictionary

bovarysm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
  2. An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.

Word forms

bovarysm bovarism

Etymology

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

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