true-believer syndrome
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: true believer syndrome
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by M. Lamar Keene in his 1976 book The Psychic Mafia.
Noun[edit]
true-believer syndrome (uncountable)
- A phenomenon in which witnesses to a staged event continue to believe in its authenticity even after it has been debunked.
Further reading[edit]
- true-believer syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia