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Magda Posted 19 years ago
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By proxy

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00Could you tell me what "by proxy" means in this sentence: "She was showing signs of 01span00 02span01span00Munchausen's syndrome 01b00by proxy02b02span00"?02br
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0 I was surprised to find this, but there is a entry for it:02br 00 ----------02br 00 Main Entry: 01b 00Munchausen syndrome by proxy02b 02br 02br 00 Function: 01i 00noun02i 02br 00 Date: 197702br 02br 01b 00:02b 00 a psychological disorder in which a parent and typically a mother harms her child (as by poisoning), falsifies the child's medical history, or tampers with the child's medical specimens in order to create a situation that requires or seems to require medical attention -- called also 01i 00Munchausen's syndrome by proxy02br 02br 02i 05002br 00 ---------------02br 00 0240

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 I was surprised to find this, but there is a entry for it:02br 00 ----------02br 00 Main Entry: 01b 00Munchausen syndrome by proxy02b 02br 02br 00 Function: 01i 00noun02i 02br 00 Date: 197702br 02br 01b 00:02b 00 a psychological disorder in which a parent and typically a mother harms her child (as by poisoning), falsifies the child's medical history, or tampers with the child's medical specimens in order to create a situation that requires or seems to require medical attention -- called also 01i 00Munchausen's syndrome by proxy02br 02br 02i 05002br 00 ---------------02br 00 0240
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0 I was surprised to find this, but there is a entry for it:02br
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01b00:02b00 a psychological disorder in which a parent an
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0Thanks, Marius for your answer 05000 . And what does exactly "by proxy" mean here?02br
00I checked it up in all my dictionaries, but its meaning doesn't fit the context.010id1
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00 102b00 01b00:02b00 the act or practice of a person serving (as in voting or marrying) as an authorized agent or substitute for another 01b00:02b00 the agency, function, or office of a deputy or procurator -- used chiefly in the phrase 01i00by pr
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0 Yes, I know these definitions, but I for me these two "01span00Munchausen's syndrome" and " 02span00the act or practice of a person serving as an authorized agent ..." don't go together. At least I cannot see the connection.0-
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0 Well, the criminals aren't the original Munchausen, they are substitutes/proxies of his, in the way they lie, etc., IMO. 0-
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0Oh, I see 05000. Thanks a lot.010id1
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0Both Munchausen's syndrome (or disease) and Munchausen by proxy are mental disorders.02br
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00In the first, the patient imagines all sorts of things wrong (or sometimes even causes them, by injecting poisons, etc). It feeds a pathological need for attention. (It's not the same as hypochondria, when people imagine themselves sicker than they are - it's based on the need fo
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Munchausen by proxy is an even more awful form, in which the parent gets the attention (and it is more often the mother than the father) by having a sick child. They make the child sick child as MH described. 12br
10 In this case, 11font10the child "stands in" fo
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0On a partially related note, there is a novel called "Devil's Waltz" by Jonathan Kellerman that is a mystery surrounding a child who is the victim of a parent with this disease. It was really an interesting read.0-
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I understand your question- you are not interested in the syndrome, just the phrase "by proxy". When, in fact it's more of an answer of "how"? By "proxy". Like: The couple got married by proxy. OR: The couple got married by "having a stand in". Hope that helps! I had a hard time with this also!!
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