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Familienroman
A romantic story about a given familyA romantic story about a given family.
Meaning
2 sensesA romantic story about a given family.
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.
Familienroman
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
childhood fantasy:
Origin
From family + romance, in psychoanalytic sense after German Familienroman.From family + romance, in psychoanalytic sense after German Familienroman.
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Forms
plural: family romances| Singular | family romance |
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