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erotographomania

erotographomania noun: an abnormal interest in erotic literature.

Noun

erotographomania (uncountable)

  1. An abnormal interest in erotic literature.
  2. An obsession with writing love letters or love poems, usually in connection with sexual arousal.
    • Psychologists are familiar with the German term ‘Pseudolismus’, denoting the urge to talk about or to record sexual fantasies, one of its variations being erotographomania, which is the habit of writing, or urging others to write, obscene letters.1988, Peter Wagner, Eros Revived, Paladin, published 1990, page 311

Origin of erotographomania

From eroto- + graphomania.

Questions about erotographomania

What does erotographomania mean?
Erotographomania means an abnormal interest in erotic literature.
What part of speech is erotographomania?
Erotographomania is a noun.

Words near erotographomania in the dictionary

  1. erotocomatose
  2. erotogenesis
  3. erotogenetic
  4. erotogenic
  5. erotogenicity
  6. erotographomania
  7. erotolalia
  8. erotolepsy
  9. erotological
  10. erotologist
  11. erotologists

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