folie à deux

English

Etymology

French folie à deux, "madness of two (people)".

Noun

folie à deux (plural folies à deux)

  1. (psychiatry) A rare syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis (particularly a paranoid or delusional belief) is transmitted from one person to another.
    • 1964, Philip K. Dick, Martian Time-Slip
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