"family romance" meaning in All languages combined

See family romance on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: family romances [plural]
Etymology: From family + romance, in psychoanalytic sense after German Familienroman. Etymology templates: {{m|en|family}} family, {{m|en|romance}} romance, {{calque|en|de|Familienroman|notext=1}} German Familienroman Head templates: {{en-noun}} family romance (plural family romances)
  1. A romantic story about a given family.
    Sense id: en-family_romance-en-noun-Ah2YbsfE
  2. (psychoanalysis) A childhood fantasy whereby a child imagines that their real parents are in fact royalty or otherwise of high birth; (loosely), the emotional ties linking the various members of a family. Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis
    Sense id: en-family_romance-en-noun-FL6TjQyL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences

Inflected forms

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