paris syndrome
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An alleged transient psychological disorder encountered by some people visiting or vacationing in Paris, France, resulting from shock at their discovery that Paris is not what they had expected it to be.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Moreover, his fantasy and idealization of Paris, characteristic of Paris syndrome, played a great part in his abnormal behaviors searching for his lost youth and love affaire.^([sic])"
- "The Paris syndrome apparently affects only the Japanese and only when visiting Paris; women in their early thirties on their first international trip are particularly prone to the affliction."
- "Paris Syndrome affects around 20 tourists a year, mostly Japanese, for some reason."