bovarism

bo·va·rism

B b

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [boh-vuh-riz-uh m]
- /ˈboʊ vəˌrɪz əm/
- /bˈɒvɑːrˌɪzəm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boh-vuh-riz-uh m]
- /ˈboʊ vəˌrɪz əm/

Definitions of bovarism word

noun bovarism an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit. 1
noun bovarism An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself. 0
noun bovarism (psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality. 0

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Origin of bovarism

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

1900-05; < French bovaryisme, after Emma Bovary, a character in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary (1857); see -ism

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Parts of speech for Bovarism

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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bovarism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

bovarism usage trend in Literature

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