stockholm syndrome

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(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) stockholm sendromu
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A psychological condition in which the hostage emotionally bonds to their captor

Natascha Kampusch, the 18 year old Austrian woman who escaped from her kidnapper last week after eight years in captivity,...is thought to be suffering from an extreme version of Stockholm syndrome, in which victims begin to associate and sympathise with their attackers.

A phenomenon in which a hostage begins to identify with and grow sympathetic to his or her captor
stockholm syndrome

    Hyphenation

    Stock·holm syn·drome

    Turkish pronunciation

    stäkhōlm sîndrōm

    Pronunciation

    /ˈstäkˌhōlm ˈsənˌdrōm/ /ˈstɑːkˌhoʊlm ˈsɪnˌdroʊm/

    Etymology

    () Named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage from August 23 to August 28, 1973. Coined by criminologist and psychiatrist Nils Bejerot.
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