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noun
The alleged self-fulfilling prophecy that there is an increase in rate of mortality through heart attacks on days considered unlucky because of the psychological stress this causes on superstitious people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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Synonyms: Hound of the Baskervilles effect
Antonyms: none provided
History
Named after the Baskerville family from Arthur Conan Doyle's crime novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.
