true-believer syndrome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Coined by M. Lamar Keene in his 1976 book The Psychic Mafia.

Noun[edit]

true-believer syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A phenomenon in which witnesses to a staged event continue to believe in its authenticity even after it has been debunked.

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