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bovarysm

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
  2. An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.

Equivalents

Españolbovarismo
DeutschBovarysme
7 more languages
Ελληνικάμποβαρισμός
Italianobovarismo
한국어보바리즘
Portuguêsbovarismo
Românăbovarism
Русскийбовари́зм

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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