false pregnancy
false pregnancy · false pregnancies
Synonym of pseudocyesisSynonym of pseudocyesis.
» Linda made false claims of pregnancy to force Dan to marry her.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Synonym of pseudocyesis.
More definitions
- physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant
Examples
1 sentencesLinda made false claims of pregnancy to force Dan to marry her.
Forms
plural: false pregnancies| Singular | false pregnancy |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant:pseudocyesis
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.