The Fregoli delusion or Fregoli syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise. The syndrome may be related to a brain lesion and is often of a paranoid nature with the delusional person believing that he or she is being persecuted by the person he or she believes to be in disguise. The condition is named after the Italian actor Leopoldo Fregoli who was renowned for his ability to make quick changes of appearance during his stage act. It was first reported in a paper by P. Courbon and G. Fail in 1927 (Syndrome d'illusion de Frégoli et schizophrénie). They discussed the case study of a 27-year-old woman who believed she was being persecuted by two actors whom she often went to see at the theatre. She believed that these people "pursued her closely, taking the form of people she knows or meets". The Fregoli delusion is classed both as a monothematic delusion, since it only encompasses one delusional topic, and as a delusional misidentification syndrome, a class of delusional beliefs that involves the misidentification of people, places or objects. Like Capgras delusion, it is thought to be related to a breakdown in normal face perception.
The cast of Il segreto di Fregoli - 1902 includes: Leopoldo Fregoli as Fregoli
The cast of Il sogno di Fregoli - 1901 includes: Leopoldo Fregoli as Fregoli
The cast of Fregoli dietro le quinte - 1903 includes: Leopoldo Fregoli
Leopoldo Fregoli was born on July 2, 1867, in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Leopoldo Fregoli died on November 26, 1936, in Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy of heart attack.
Il piccolo Fregoli - 1907 was released on: USA: 19 August 1907 France: February 1908
Paranoid schizophrenia is when there is a presence of a delusion, a false belief, and possibly a hallucination that fuels that delusion. Types of delusion include delusional jealousy, erotomanic delusion, persecutory delusion, grandiose, and somatic delusion.
delusionicsEtymologyFrom delusion + -ics.Noundelusionics (uncountable) 1. The study of delusion.
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It is certainly a delusion; but the propensity of some religious followers to try and extend that delusion shows that it applies to more than just the self. Also MASS delusion.
Dawkins, Richard wrote The God Delusion.
The base word of delusion is delude.