bovarism
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Named after the character of Emma Bovary in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary + -ism.
[edit] Noun
bovarism (uncountable)
- An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself
- (psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality
