folie

Noun

Meaning

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

pauline disturbance poly anxiety disorder saran polythene mental disorder brain damage dissociative disorder rabidness mishegoss mental disturbance psychological disorder

Hypernyms

disorder upset

Hyponyms

neurosis aberration delirium anxiety disorder neuroticism affective disorder

Phrases with the word

folie des grandeurs

Examples

And when we started writing for Feline, things were coming out the same way." citation The album gained much critical success but fell well short of La Folie in terms of sales and failed to produce another hit after "European Female". Source: Internet

Cornwell, Drury 2001, p. 133. After a slow start, the Stranglers recovered their commercial and critical status with La Folie (1981) which was another concept album, this time exploring the subject of love. Source: Internet

; folie à deux : a simultaneous occurrence of delusions in two closely related people, often said of an unsuitable romance. Source: Internet

"Mon corps, ce papier, ce feu," in the 1972 edition of Foucault's Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique (Paris: Gallimard, p. 602) According to Derrida, his statement simply refers to the unavoidability of context that is at the heart of différance. Source: Internet

Elle Loge La Folie, oil on canvas, 1970. Source: Internet

Eribon 1991, p. 122 Miller 1993, pp. 118 Folie et déraison received a mixed reception in France and in foreign journals focusing on French affairs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

folic acid folic acid deficiency folicolous folie a deux folie de grandeur folie des grandeurs