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onomatomania

onomatomania noun: an abnormal obsession with a particular word.

Noun

onomatomania (uncountable)

  1. An abnormal obsession with a particular word.
    • I keep feeling a sense of onomatomania over how often I use the word 'realistically'.

Origin of onomatomania

Coined by Jean-Martin Charcot; from onomato- + -mania.

Questions about onomatomania

What does onomatomania mean?
Onomatomania means an abnormal obsession with a particular word.
What part of speech is onomatomania?
Onomatomania is a noun.

Words near onomatomania in the dictionary

  1. onomatologies
  2. onomatologist
  3. onomatologists
  4. onomatology
  5. onomatomancy
  6. onomatomania
  7. onomatomantic
  8. onomatope
  9. onomatopeia
  10. onomatopeias
  11. onomatopeic

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