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bovarysm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bo-varysm
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.

Uncountable

noun

An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after the character of Emma Bovary in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

bovarism (alternative)

Questions

What does bovarysm mean?
An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
Where does bovarysm come from?
Named after the character of Emma Bovary in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary + -ism.

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