folie à trois

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of shared psychotic disorder in which three individuals have the same or similar delusional beliefs, usually by transference.

Word forms

folie à trois

Etymology

From French folie à trois (“madness of three (people)”).

Related words

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