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Egyptomania

Egyptomania noun: obsessive interest shown by Westerners for ancient Egyptian culture, especially during the 19th century.

Noun

Egyptomania (uncountable)

  1. Obsessive interest shown by Westerners for ancient Egyptian culture, especially during the 19th century.

Origin of Egyptomania

From Egypto- + -mania.

Questions about Egyptomania

What does Egyptomania mean?
Egyptomania means obsessive interest shown by Westerners for ancient Egyptian culture, especially during the 19th century.
What part of speech is Egyptomania?
Egyptomania is a noun.

Words near Egyptomania in the dictionary

  1. Egyptologically
  2. egyptologies
  3. egyptologist
  4. egyptologists
  5. egyptology
  6. Egyptomania
  7. Egyptophile
  8. Egyptophiles
  9. Egyptophobic
  10. eh
  11. eh eh eh

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