necromimesis

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.

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

  • 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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