true-believer syndrome

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English

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Etymology

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Coined by M. Lamar Keene in his 1976 book The Psychic Mafia.

Noun

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true-believer syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A phenomenon in which witnesses to a staged event continue to believe in its authenticity even after it has been debunked.

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