Factitious-disorder
noun, Psychiatry.
1.
any of various syndromes, as Münchausen syndrome, characterized by physical or psychological symptoms intentionally produced by a person and under voluntary control.
noun
any of various mental disorders in which the individual intentionally produces symptoms of illness or feigns illness; see fabricated illness
Examples
Münchausen syndrome is an example of a factitious disorder.
Read Also:
- Factitious illness
noun See fabricated illness
- Factitive
[fak-ti-tiv] /ˈfæk tɪ tɪv/ adjective, Grammar. 1. noting or pertaining to verbs that express the idea of making or rendering in a certain way and that take a direct object and an additional word or group of words indicating the result of the process, as made in They made him king. /ˈfæktɪtɪv/ adjective 1. (grammar) […]
- Factive
[fak-tiv] /ˈfæk tɪv/ Linguistics adjective 1. (of a verb, adjective, or noun phrase) presupposing the truth of an embedded sentence that serves as complement, as realize in I didn’t realize that he had left, which presupposes that it is true that he had left. noun 2. a factive expression. /ˈfæktɪv/ adjective 1. (logic, linguistics, philosophy) […]
- Factivity
[fak-tiv] /ˈfæk tɪv/ Linguistics adjective 1. (of a verb, adjective, or noun phrase) presupposing the truth of an embedded sentence that serves as complement, as realize in I didn’t realize that he had left, which presupposes that it is true that he had left. noun 2. a factive expression. /ˈfæktɪv/ adjective 1. (logic, linguistics, philosophy) […]
- Facto
[eks fahk-toh; English eks fak-toh] /ɛks ˈfɑk toʊ; English ɛks ˈfæk toʊ/ adverb, Latin. 1. according to fact; actually.