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Stockholm syndrome
–noun Psychiatry.
| an emotional attachment to a captor formed by a hostage as a result of continuous stress, dependence, and a need to cooperate for survival. |
[Origin: after an incident in Stockholm in 1973, during which a bank employee became romantically attached to a robber who held her hostage
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| Stockholm syndrome
n. A phenomenon in which a hostage begins to identify with and grow sympathetic to his or her captor. [After Stockholm, where a hostage in a 1973 bank robbery became romantically attached to one of her captors.] |
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Stockholm Syndrome
Stockholm Syndrome
1978, a psychologists' term; the name derives from the Aug. 23, 1973, violent armed robbery of Sveriges Kreditbank in Stockholm, Sweden, after which four bank employees were held hostage in a vault for more than five days. The hostages developed a dramatic attachment to their abuser, and a fear of would-be rescuers, that they could not explain.
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Stockholm syndrome Stock·holm syndrome (stŏk'hōlm', -hōm')
n.
A phenomenon in which a hostage begins to identify with and grow sympathetic to his or her captor.
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