Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

truman show delusion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: tru-man show delu-sion
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A persecutory/grandiose delusion in which the patient believes his/her life is a staged play, a reality television show, etc. or that he/she is being watched by means of cameras.

Etymology

Named after The Truman Show (1998), a comedy-drama film about Truman Burbank, a man who discovers he is living in a constructed reality televised globally around the clock. (The name is a pun on true man.)

Inflected Forms

the Truman Show delusion (canonical)

Phrases

main character syndrome

Frequently Paired Words

main character syndrome

Synonyms

Truman syndrome

Questions

What does truman show delusion mean?: A persecutory/grandiose delusion in which the patient believes his/her life is a staged play, a reality television show, etc. or that he/she is being watched by means of cameras.
Where does truman show delusion come from?: Named after The Truman Show (1998), a comedy-drama film about Truman Burbank, a man who discovers he is living in a constructed reality televised globally around the clock. (The name is a pun on true man.)

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