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  1. bovarismnoun

    An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself

  2. bovarismnoun

    An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality

  3. Etymology: Named after the character of Emma Bovary in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary + -ism.

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  1. bovarism

    Jean Price-Mars (15 October 1876 – 1 March 1969) was a Haitian doctor, teacher, politician, diplomat, writer, and ethnographer. Price-Mars served as secretary of the Haitian legation in Washington, D.C. (1909) and as chargé d'affaires in Paris (1915–1917), during the initial years of the United States occupation of Haiti. In 1922, Price-Mars completed medical studies which he had given up for lack of a scholarship.After withdrawing as a candidate for the presidency of Haiti in favor of Stenio Vincent in 1930, Price-Mars led Senate opposition to the new president; he was forced out of politics. In 1941, Price-Mars was again elected to the Senate. He was secretary of state for external relations in 1946 and, later, ambassador to the Dominican Republic. In his eighties, he continued service as Haitian ambassador at the United Nations and ambassador to France.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bovarism in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bovarism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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