Münchausen syndrome

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From the German name Münchhausen, after the fantastical tales related by the fictional Baron Munchausen (sic) in Rudolf Erich Raspe's English-language novel Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia (1785). The character was loosely based on Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen (1720–1797).

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Münchausen syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural Münchausen syndromes)

  1. A psychiatric disorder in which a person feigns illness or psychological trauma in order to garner attention or sympathy.
    Synonyms: factitious disorder, factitious disorder imposed on self

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