noun
Meaning 1
A romantic story about a given family.
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Phrase guide
family romance
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noun
Meaning 2
A childhood fantasy whereby a child imagines that their real parents are in fact royalty or otherwise of high birth; (loosely), the emotional ties linking the various members of a family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences
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History
Etymology
From family + romance, in psychoanalytic sense after German Familienroman.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: roman familial — childhood fantasy
- German: Familienroman — childhood fantasy
- Turkish: aile romansı — childhood fantasy