Bovarysm
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bovarysm is a noun meaning An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
Meaning
An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
More Meanings
- (psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.
Word Forms
- bovarism
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pseudolife, pseudoreality, projectionism, imagination, self-assumption, abstraction.
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