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hjärnspöke

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Swedish

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Etymology

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hjärna (brain) +‎ spöke (ghost)

Noun

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hjärnspöke n

  1. an (often threatening) unreasonable belief based solely on one's thoughts and feelings, a figment of the imagination, a bogeyman, a fantasy
    Det utländska hotet var ett hjärnspöke
    The foreign threat was a figment of their imagination
    Subversiva grupper som arbetar i lönndom och andra hjärnspöken
    Subversive groups working in secret and other bogeymen

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