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erotomania

[ ih-roh-tuh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh, ih-rot-uh- ]

noun

, Psychiatry.
  1. abnormally strong or persistent sexual desire.


erotomania

/ ɪˌrɒtəʊˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

  1. abnormally strong sexual desire
  2. a condition in which a person is obsessed with another person and groundlessly believes that person to be in love with him or her
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • eˌrotoˈmaniac, noun
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Other Words From

  • e·ro·to·ma·ni·ac [ih-roh-t, uh, -, mey, -nee-ak, ih-rot-, uh, -], noun
  • e·ro·to·man·ic [ih-roh-t, uh, -, man, -ik, ih-rot-, uh, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of erotomania1

First recorded in 1870–75; eroto- + -mania
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Example Sentences

Erotomania (satyriasis and nymphomania), or abnormal exaltation of the sexual appetite.

In Spain and Italy, religious melancholy, and that most vexatious species of insanity called erotomania, are the more common.

Ulrich von Lichtenstein, in the thirteenth century, is the typical example of this chivalrous erotomania.

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