folie à deux
Meanings
noun
- A situation in which two people behave abnormally together in a way that neither of them would individually.
- A rare syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis (particularly a paranoid or delusional belief) is transmitted from one person to another.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French folie à deux (“madness for/of two [people]”).
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