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polemomania

polemomania noun: an obsession with, or craving for, war.

Noun

polemomania (uncountable)

  1. (rare) An obsession with, or craving for, war.
    • Indeed, at the thought of the “giant liar,” the poet is seized with a sort of polemomania.1874, “Mr. Tennyson's Social Philosophy”, in The Fortnightly, volume 21, page 243

Synonyms of polemomania

Origin of polemomania

By surface analysis, polemo- + -mania.

Questions about polemomania

What does polemomania mean?
Polemomania means an obsession with, or craving for, war.
What part of speech is polemomania?
Polemomania is a noun.

Words near polemomania in the dictionary

  1. polemoir
  2. polemologies
  3. polemologist
  4. polemologists
  5. polemology
  6. polemomania
  7. Polemon
  8. polemoney
  9. polemoniaceous
  10. polemonium
  11. polemoniums

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