Well attestedNamed from the place
Stockholm syndrome
noun · first attested 20th century
The syndrome is named for a bank robbery.
A captive's apparent sympathy toward a captor.
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- 20th century
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- noun
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Stockholm syndrome
Hostages taken during a 1973 robbery in Stockholm defended their captors afterwards, and a criminologist named the pattern for the city.
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