bovarism noun.
['bǝʊvǝrɪz(ǝ)m] E20.[French bovarysme, from the principal character in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary: see -ISM.](Domination by) a romantic or unreal conception of oneself.
■ bovarize verb intrans. & refl. view oneself in a romantic or unreal light
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