Associations to the word «Folie»

Wiktionary

FOLIE À DEUX, noun. (psychiatry) A rare syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis (particularly a paranoid or delusional belief) is transmitted from one person to another.
FOLIE DE GRANDEUR, noun. Delusion of grandeur

Dictionary definition

FOLIE, noun. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn