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munchausen

Münch·hau·sen
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mynkh-hou-zuh n]
    • /ˈmünxˌhaʊ zən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mynkh-hou-zuh n]
    • /ˈmünxˌhaʊ zən/

Definitions of munchausen word

  • noun munchausen Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales. 1
  • noun munchausen an exaggerated story 0
  • noun munchausen a person who tells such a story 0
  • noun munchausen Baron(Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen) 1720-97; Ger. soldier & adventurer known for his exaggerated tales of his exploits, esp. as collected by Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-94), Ger. writer in England 0
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Parts of speech for Munchausen

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munchausen popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% 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".

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  • munchausen syndrome by proxy

    Psychiatry. a form of Munchausen syndrome in which a person induces or claims to observe a disease in another, usually a close relative, in order to attract the doctor's attention to herself or himself.

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    a factitious disorder in which otherwise healthy individuals seek to hospitalize themselves with feigned or self-induced pathology in order to receive surgical or other medical treatment.
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