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Capgras syndrome
[ kap-grah sin-drohm, -druhm ]
noun
, Psychiatry, Neurology.
- a delusional condition characterized by the belief that an impostor identical in appearance has replaced one’s spouse, or one or more of one’s family members or friends.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Capgras syndrome1
First recorded in 1970–75; named after Joseph Capgras (1873–1950), French psychiatrist who first described the disorder with Jean Reboul-Lachaux (1923)
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