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pathomania

pathomania noun: moral insanity; psychopathy.

Noun

pathomania (uncountable)

  1. (dated) moral insanity; psychopathy

Origin of pathomania

From patho- + -mania.

Questions about pathomania

What does pathomania mean?
Pathomania means moral insanity; psychopathy.
What part of speech is pathomania?
Pathomania is a noun.

Words near pathomania in the dictionary

  1. pathologize
  2. pathologized
  3. pathologizes
  4. pathologizing
  5. pathology
  6. pathomania
  7. pathomechanical
  8. pathomechanically
  9. pathomechanics
  10. pathomechanism
  11. pathomechanisms

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