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choreomania

choreomania noun: synonym of tarantism (“dance mania; dance epidemic”).

choreomania: synonym of tarantism (“dance mania; dance epidemic”)
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Noun

choreomania (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of tarantism (“dance mania; dance epidemic”).
    • In full view of the public, this is the apogee of the choreomania that tormented Strasbourg for a midsummer month in 1518. Also known as the “dancing plague”, it was the most fatal and best documented of the more than ten such contagions which had broken out along the Rhine and Moselle rivers since...2018 July 10, Ned Pennant-Rea, “The Dancing Plague of 1518”, in Public Domain Review
    Synonyms:
    tarantism

choreomania meaning in Tamil

choreomania in Tamil

நாட்டிய வெறி, நாட்டியவெறி

Synonyms of choreomania

Origin of choreomania

From choreo- + -mania.

Questions about choreomania

What does choreomania mean?
Choreomania means synonym of tarantism (“dance mania; dance epidemic”).
What is choreomania in Tamil?
Choreomania in Tamil is நாட்டிய வெறி, நாட்டியவெறி. See Choreomania meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is choreomania?
Choreomania is a noun.

Words near choreomania in the dictionary

  1. choreological
  2. choreologically
  3. choreologist
  4. choreologists
  5. choreology
  6. choreomania
  7. choreomusicological
  8. choreomusicology
  9. choreopoem
  10. choreotrich
  11. choreotrichid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: choreomania (page history and authors); choreomania (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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