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oligomania

oligomania noun: a form of insanity which, although potentially affecting all the mental faculties and operations, apparently involves only a part as the emotions, the intellect, or the will.

Noun

oligomania (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A form of insanity which, although potentially affecting all the mental faculties and operations, apparently involves only a part as the emotions, the intellect, or the will.

Origin of oligomania

From oligo- + -mania.

Questions about oligomania

What does oligomania mean?
Oligomania means a form of insanity which, although potentially affecting all the mental faculties and operations, apparently involves only a part as the emotions, the intellect, or the will.
What part of speech is oligomania?
Oligomania is a noun.

Words near oligomania in the dictionary

  1. oligolignans
  2. oligolingual
  3. oligolingualism
  4. oligolysine
  5. oligolysines
  6. oligomania
  7. oligomannan
  8. oligomannans
  9. oligomannosaccharide
  10. oligomannosaccharides
  11. oligomannose

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