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Meaning of family romance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A romantic story about a given family.
  2. A childhood fantasy whereby a child imagines that their real parents are in fact royalty or otherwise of high birth; (loosely), the emotional ties linking the various members of a family.

Equivalents

Deutsch Familienroman
Français roman familial

Examples

“Every encounter with friend or foe, every clash with or submission to authority bears the perverse traces of family romance.”

CEFR level

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

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