bovarysm
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bovarysm
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Named after the character of Emma Bovary in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary + -ism.
noun bovarism · Bovarysm
- An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
- An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.
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Talk about this word "bovarysm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bovarysm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bovarysm. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bovarysm "bovarysm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bovarysm.Cite this
@misc{bovarysm_2026,
title = {bovarysm},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bovarysm},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
