Phrase guide
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noun
A situation in which two people behave abnormally together in a way that neither of them would individually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A rare syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis (particularly a paranoid or delusional belief) is transmitted from one person to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: strictly
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
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History
Borrowed from French folie à deux (“madness for/of two [people]”).
