"family romance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: family romances [plural]
Etymology: From family + romance, in psychoanalytic sense after German Familienroman. Etymology templates: {{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 Translations (childhood fantasy): roman familial [masculine] (French), Familienroman [masculine] (German), aile romansı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-family_romance-en-noun-FL6TjQyL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 32 68 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'childhood fantasy': 4 96

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