Meanings
nounfolie du doute (plural folies du doute)
plural folies du doute
- human sciencesPathological doubting about all affairs of life and indecisiveness in choice situations.
Origin
- Frenchfolie du doute
- Englishfolie du doute
Borrowed from French folie du doute (literally “madness of doubt”).
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folie du doute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folie%20du%20doute
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