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Meaning of daughter from California syndrome | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

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The situation where a long-lost distant relative arrives at the hospital where their dying elderly relative is being treated, and challenges the care which the patient is receiving as inadequate; the phenomenon is ascribed to guilt and denial.

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CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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