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Named after the character of Emma Bovary in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary + -ism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bovarysm
Today it means: An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself. Full definition →
Today it means: An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself. Full definition →
Named after the character of Emma Bovary in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary + -ism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.