Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

de clérambault's syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de -cler-am-bault's syn-drome
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of erotomania (“delusion of being loved by another”).

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after French psychiatrist Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934), who published a comprehensive review paper on the subject (Les Psychoses Passionelles) in 1921.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

De Clerambault syndrome (alternative)

Synonyms

erotomania

Questions

What does de clérambault's syndrome mean?: Synonym of erotomania (“delusion of being loved by another”).
Where does de clérambault's syndrome come from?: Named after French psychiatrist Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934), who published a comprehensive review paper on the subject (Les Psychoses Passionelles) in 1921.

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