Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun folie_a_deux

1 sense of folie a deux

Sense 1
folie a deux -- (the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife))
       => mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie -- ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness)