bovarysm
English
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Suffix from English w (a poet of the isle of Lesbos).
Origin
English
w
Gloss
a poet of the isle of Lesbos
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Abbaesque English
- Agamograph English
- Beeblebroxian English
- Boingoloid English
- Boratesque English
- Chatrouletter English
- Choi Soon-sil-gate English
- Conservapedian English
- Donald Trumpesque English
- Donald Trumpian English
- Donald Trumpish English
- Dumbledorian English
- Garelochhead English
- Glorithverse English
- Gordie Howe hat trick English
- Joehead English
- Kardecism English
- Kardecist English
- Kierkegaardian English
- Kraftwerkian English
- Lacanian English
- Lostie English
- Mallarméan English
- Minecrafty English
- Mozillian English
- Pemexgate English
- Pumpkinhead English
- Radioheadish English
- Redditor English
- San Quentin quail English
- Starbucksification English
- Steinie English
- Stendhalian English
- TD Banker English
- Tertullianism English
- Tertullianist English
- Wikian English
- Wolffian English
- Wormian English
- elo boost English
- galvanometer English
- nsutite English
- sapphism English
- w English
- w
- Wikian
- Lostie
- nsutite
- Steinie
- Wormian
- Joehead
- sapphism
- Lacanian
- Redditor
- Wolffian
- Abbaesque
- elo boost
- Kardecist
- Pemexgate
- Mozillian
- TD Banker
- Kardecism
- Mallarméan
- Boratesque
- Minecrafty
- Agamograph
- Boingoloid
- Stendhalian
- Pumpkinhead
- galvanometer
- Radioheadish
- Glorithverse
- Dumbledorian
- Kraftwerkian
- Garelochhead
- Beeblebroxian
- Tertullianism
- Chatrouletter
- Tertullianist
- Conservapedian
- Kierkegaardian
- Donald Trumpish
- Donald Trumpian
- San Quentin quail
- Donald Trumpesque
- Choi Soon-sil-gate
- Starbucksification
- Gordie Howe hat trick