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necromimesis

American

[nek-roh-mi-mee-sis] / ˌnɛk roʊ mɪˈmi sɪs /

noun

Psychiatry.

a pathological state in which a person believes they are dead.

Etymology

Origin of necromimesis

First recorded in 1870–75; necro- + mimesis

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