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Stockholm syndrome

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

[After Stockholm, where a hostage in a 1973 bank robbery became romantically attached to one of her captors.]

Stockholm syndrome

(Psychology) a psychological condition in which hostages or kidnap victims become sympathetic towards their captors

[after a group of hostages in Stockholm in 1973]

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Stockholm syndrome (redirected from Stolkholm syndrome)

Stockholm syndrome
(redirected from Stolkholm syndrome)