la belle indifference

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Definition of la belle indifference in English English dictionary: A condition in which the person is unconcerned with symptoms caused by a conversion disorder. A naive, inappropriate lack of emotion or concern for the perceptions by others of one's disability, usually seen in persons with conversion disorder
La belle indifference is a way of pretending nothing is happening: it represents a way of showing one's paralysis to others by manipulating their judgment through an attitude of indifference.
la belle indifférence: Alternative spelling of la belle indifference
It is understood that some of the schemes have equilibrated in a way such that two, three, or more mutually exclusive opinions coexist within one patient (or even personality); the situation becomes more perplexing to the therapist when she realizes that rather than approaching this circumstance with appropriate circumspection and confusion, the incest victim may respond with a degree of la belle indifférence to the illogical coexistence of contradictory alternatives.

la belle indifference

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la Belle in·dif·fer·ence

lä bel îndîfrıns

/ˈlä ˈbel ənˈdəfrəns/ /ˈlɑː ˈbɛl ɪnˈdɪfrəns/

() From French la + belle + indifférence

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