necromimesis

necromimesis
/nek'roh mi mee"sis/, n. Psychiatry.
a pathological state in which a person believes himself or herself to be dead.
[NECRO- + MIMESIS]

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  • necromimesis — nec·ro·mi·me·sis (nek″ro mi meґsis) [necro + mimesis] a delusion in which individuals act as if dead because they believe themselves to be so …   Medical dictionary

  • necromimesis — Feigning death or the delusion that one is dead …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • necromimesis — /nek roh mi mee sis/, n. Psychiatry. a pathological state in which a person believes himself or herself to be dead. [NECRO + MIMESIS] …   Useful english dictionary

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