Meaning of Helsinki syndrome | Babel Free

Definitions

Stockholm syndrome.

proscribed, uncountable

Examples

“"It's called Helsinki Syndrome.” Dr. Pantu said to the Doctor over the telephone. “The kidnapped, or hostages, begin to identify with their captors."”

“In the same field as brain washing but acting with almost immediate effect is a response now called the “Helsinki Syndrome" after an event that occurred in that city. Bank robbers took captive some bank staff after a robbery went wrong.”

“Danny claimed he fell in love with Jeannie, but what seemed to Storms more likely was that she had developed some kind of Patti Hearst-like, Helsinki-syndrome, teenage crush on him.”

“It's the Helsinki syndrome, Striker. We've encountered it before in the SAS. When hostages are totally dependent on their captors and do not know whether they'll live or die, they begin to identify with the terrorists.”

“Niles wanted to know if Dr. Davis was familiar with the Helsinki Syndrome, where hostages were brainwashed into thinking of their captives as friends.”

“This is a variation of the Helsinki Syndrome, in which hostages come to sympathize with their captors.”

“And had she even once mentioned that in reality Beauty was a hostage suffering from Helsinki syndrome?”

“I've read about the Helsinki syndrome, when the victim becomes attached to his or her tormentor.”

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