English Explanatory Dictionary

Van Gogh syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Self-harm resulting from mental illness.

Word forms

Van Gogh syndrome

Etymology

After the painter Vincent van Gogh, who famously cut off his own ear.

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