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malingering  

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  • Malingering is the falsification or exaggeration of physiological and/or psychological illness symptoms with the intention of receiving some sort of compensation or reward. Malingering is classified in two degrees: partial malingering, which is the extreme exaggeration of present symptoms, and full malingering, which is the complete fabrication of symptoms. [Source: Encyclopedia of Deception; Malingering]

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