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Named after French psychiatrist Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934), who published a comprehensive review paper on the subject (Les Psychoses Passionelles) in 1921.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
de Clérambault's syndrome
Today it means: Synonym of erotomania (“delusion of being loved by another”). Full definition →