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Capgras’ syndrome

Cap·gras' syn·drome [ kap gr sìn drōm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
delusional disorder: a psychiatric disorder in which the person affected imagines that somebody emotionally close has been replaced by an indistinguishable double with harmful intentions

[Early 20th century. After Jean Marie Joseph Capgras (1873-1950), French psychiatrist]
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