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Nov. 21, 2014

bovarism \BOH-vuh-riz-uhm\ noun 1. an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit. Quotes Today, Bovarism is understood to mean fleeing tedium and melancholy into an impossible world of dreams, but there is still no consensus over whether Emma deserves sympathy for trying to break free from the 19th-century bourgeois con[s]traints or merits condemnation for going to any length to fulfill her desires. -- Alad Riding, "It's 'Bovary.' It's French. Don't Expect Harmony." New York Times, April 9, 1991 Origin Bovarism is derived from the name of the titular character in Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel, Madame Bovary. The theory of bovarysm was developed by the French philosopher Jules de Gaultier; the term entered English the early 1900s.

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