family romance en · NOUN
Etymology
From family + romance, in psychoanalytic sense after German Familienroman.
Meanings
- A romantic story about a given family.
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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.
Every encounter with friend or foe, every clash with or submission to authority bears the perverse traces of family romance.
1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| family romances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
tr aile romansı (childhood fantasy) · fr roman familial (childhood fantasy) · de Familienroman (childhood fantasy)