English Explanatory Dictionary

true-believer syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon in which witnesses to a staged event continue to believe in its authenticity even after it has been debunked.

Word forms

true-believer syndrome

Etymology

Coined by M. Lamar Keene in his 1976 book The Psychic Mafia.

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