Word |
Definition |
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Word |
Definition |
Ablutomania |
Mania for washing oneself |
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Methomania |
Morbid craving for alcohol |
Aboulomania |
Pathological indecisiveness |
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Metromania |
Insatiable desire for writing verse |
Agromania |
Intense desire to be in open spaces |
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Micromania |
Pathological self-deprecation or belief that one is very small |
Andromania |
Nymphomania |
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Monomania |
Abnormal obsession with a single thought or idea |
Anglomania |
Craze or obsession with england and the english |
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Morphinomania |
Habitual craving or desire for morphine |
Anthomania |
Obsession with flowers |
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Musomania |
Obsession with music |
Aphrodisiomania |
Abnormal sexual interest |
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Mythomania |
Lying or exaggerating to an abnormal extent |
Arithmomania |
Obsessive preoccupation with numbers |
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Narcomania |
Uncontrollable craving for narcotics |
Balletomania |
Abnormal fondness for ballet |
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Necromania |
Sexual obsession with dead bodies; necrophilia |
Bibliomania |
Craze for books or reading |
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Nosomania |
Delusion of suffering from a disease |
Bruxomania |
Compulsion for grinding teeth |
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Nostomania |
Abnormal desire to go back to familiar places |
Cacodemomania |
Pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit |
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Nymphomania |
Excessive or crazed sexual desire |
Catapedamania |
Obsession with jumping from high places |
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Oenomania |
Obsession or craze for wine |
Chinamania |
Obsession with collecting china |
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Oligomania |
Obsession with a few thoughts or ideas |
Choreomania |
Dancing mania or frenzy |
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Oniomania |
Mania for making purchases |
Clinomania |
Excessive desire to stay in bed |
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Onomamania |
Mania for names |
Copromania |
Obsession with feces |
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Onomatomania |
Irresistible desire to repeat certain words |
Cytheromania |
Nymphomania |
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Onychotillomania |
Compulsive picking at the fingernails |
Dacnomania |
Obsession with killing |
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Opiomania |
Craving for opium |
Demonomania |
Pathological belief that one is possessed by demons |
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Opsomania |
Abnormal love for one kind of food |
Dinomania |
Mania for dancing |
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Orchidomania |
Abnormal obsession with orchids |
Dipsomania |
Abnormal craving for alcohol |
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Parousiamania |
Obsession with the second coming of christ |
Discomania |
Obsession for disco music |
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Pathomania |
Moral insanity |
Doramania |
Obsession with owning furs |
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Peotillomania |
Abnormal compulsion for pulling on the penis |
Doromania |
Obsession with giving gifts |
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Phagomania |
Excessive desire for food or eating |
Drapetomania |
Intense desire to run away from home |
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Phaneromania |
Habit of biting one’s nails |
Dromomania |
Compulsive longing for travel |
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Pharmacomania |
Abnormal obsession with trying drugs |
Ecdemomania |
Abnormal compulsion for wandering |
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Phonomania |
Pathological tendency to murder |
Egomania |
Irrational self-centered attitude or self-worship |
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Photomania |
Pathological desire for light |
Eleutheromania |
Manic desire for freedom |
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Phyllomania |
Excessive or abnormal production of leaves |
Empleomania |
Mania for holding public office |
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Phytomania |
Obsession with collecting plants |
Enosimania |
Pathological belief that one has sinned |
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Planomania |
Abnormal desire to wander and disobey social norms |
Entheomania |
Abnormal belief that one is divinely inspired |
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Plutomania |
Mania for money |
Epomania |
Craze for writing epics |
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Polemomania |
Mania for war |
Ergasiomania |
Excessive desire to work; ergomania |
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Politicomania |
Mania for politics |
Ergomania |
Excessive desire to work; workaholism |
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Polkamania |
Craze for polka dancing |
Erotomania |
Abnormally powerful sex drive |
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Polymania |
Mania affecting several different mental faculties |
Etheromania |
Craving for ether |
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Poriomania |
Abnormal compulsion to wander |
Ethnomania |
Obsessive devotion to one's own people |
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Pornomania |
Obsession with pornography |
Eulogomania |
Obsessive craze for eulogies |
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Potichomania |
Craze for imitating oriental porcelain |
Flagellomania |
Abnormal enthusiasm for flogging |
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Potomania |
Abnormal desire to drink alcohol |
Florimania |
Craze for flowers |
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Pseudomania |
Irrational predilection for lying |
Francomania |
Craze or obsession with france and the french |
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Pteridomania |
Passion for ferns |
Gallomania |
Craze or obsession with france and the french |
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Pyromania |
Craze for starting fires |
Gamomania |
Obsession with issuing odd marriage proposals |
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Rhinotillexomania |
Compulsive nose picking |
Graecomania |
Obsession with greece and the greeks |
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Rinkomania |
Obsession with skating |
Graphomania |
Obsession with writing |
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Satyromania |
Abnormally great male sexual desire; satyriasis |
Gynaecomania |
Abnormal sexual obsession with women |
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Scribbleomania |
Obsession with scribbling |
Habromania |
Insanity featuring cheerful delusions |
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Sebastomania |
Religious insanity |
Hagiomania |
Mania for sainthood |
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Sitiomania |
Morbid aversion to food |
Hellenomania |
Obsession with greece and the greeks; graecomania |
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Sophomania |
Delusion that one is incredibly intelligent |
Hexametromania |
Mania for writing in hexameter |
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Squandermania |
Irrational propensity for spending money wastefully |
Hieromania |
Pathological religious visions or delusions |
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Stampomania |
Obsession with stamp-collecting |
Hippomania |
Obsession with horses |
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Syphilomania |
Pathological belief that one is afflicted with syphilis |
Hydromania |
Irrational craving for water |
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Technomania |
Craze for technology |
Hylomania |
Excessive tendency towards materialism |
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Teutomania |
Obsession with teutonic or german things |
Hypermania |
Severe mania |
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Thanatomania |
Belief that one has been affected by death magic, and resulting illness |
Hypomania |
Minor mania |
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Theatromania |
Craze for going to plays |
Hysteromania |
Nymphomania |
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Theomania |
Belief that one is a god |
Iconomania |
Obsession with icons or portraits |
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Timbromania |
Craze for stamp collecting |
Idolomania |
Obsession or devotion to idols |
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Tomomania |
Irrational predilection for performing surgery |
Infomania |
Excessive devotion to accumulating facts |
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Toxicomania |
Morbid craving for poisons |
Islomania |
Craze or obsession for islands |
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Trichotillomania |
Neurosis where patient pulls out own hair |
Italomania |
Obsession with italy or italians |
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Tulipomania |
Obsession with tulips |
Kleptomania |
Irrational predilection for stealing |
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Typhomania |
Delirious state resulting from typhus fever |
Klopemania |
Kleptomania |
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Typomania |
Craze for printing one’s lucubrations |
Logomania |
Pathological loquacity |
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Uranomania |
Obsession with the idea of divinity |
Lypemania |
Extreme pathological mournfulness |
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Verbomania |
Craze for words |
Macromania |
Delusion that objects are larger than natural size |
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Xenomania |
Inordinate attachment to foreign things |
Megalomania |
Abnormal tendency towards grand or grandiose behaviour |
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Zoomania |
Insane fondness for animals |
Melomania |
Craze for music |
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