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bovarism (iou)



bovarism noun. E20.
[French bovarysme, from the principal character in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary: see -ISM.]
(Domination by) a romantic or unreal conception of oneself.
bovarize verb intrans. & refl. view oneself in a romantic or unreal light E20.