erotomania
erotomania noun: a psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.
Noun
erotomania (usually uncountable, plural erotomanias)
- A psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.
- I read a case study of a woman, Patient M, who suffered from erotomania, or De Clerambault syndrome, in upstate New York in the 1970s. […] One July morning, professional acquaintances and friends of the professor were shocked tor receive wedding invitations to the marriage of him and Patient M.2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation, Random House, →ISBN
- Excessive sexual inclination or desire.
erotomania meaning in Persian
erotomania in Persian
- mental disorder based on the delusion of a romantic relationship
- اروتومانیا
Synonyms of erotomania
Forms of erotomania
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Origin of erotomania
From late 19th century. From Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós, “related to love”), which is from ἔρως (érōs, “passionate or sexual love”); eroto- + -mania.
Words formed from erotomania
Words that rhyme with erotomania
- Pennsylvania
- dipsomania
- Lusitania
- mania
- megalomania
- urania
- Aquitania
- graphomania
- metromania
- monomania
- Occitania
- Pittsylvania
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- Romania
- Ruritania
- Spotsylvania
- Tasmania
- theomania
- tulipomania
- acrania
- Albania
- anthomania
- arithmomania
- bibliomania
- Chinamania
- crania
- egomania
- ergomania
- extemporanea
- extemporania
- Francomania
- Gallomania
- gazania
- habromania
- hagiomania
- Hellenomania
- hemicrania
- kleptomania
- laconomania
- Lithuania
- Mauretania
- musomania
- nostomania
- nymphomania
- oniomania
- orchidomania
- paramania
- phyllomania
- Pistolvania
- politicomania
- polytoxicomania
- Pomerania
- pornomania
- pyromania
- Rumania
- syphilomania
- theatromania
- timbromania
- toxicomania
- Transylvania
- trichotillomania
Questions about erotomania
- What does erotomania mean?
- Erotomania means a psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.
- What is erotomania in Persian?
- Erotomania in Persian is اروتومانیا. See Erotomania meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is erotomania?
- Erotomania is a noun.
- What is the plural of erotomania?
- The plural of erotomania is erotomanias.
Words near erotomania in the dictionary
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