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tanorexia

tanorexia noun: a condition whose sufferers believe they are too pale and become obsessed with tanning.

Noun

tanorexia (uncountable)

  1. (slang) A condition whose sufferers believe they are too pale and become obsessed with tanning.

tanorexia meaning in Tamil

tanorexia in Tamil

கருமை விரும்பி

Origin of tanorexia

Blend of tan + anorexia.

Questions about tanorexia

What does tanorexia mean?
Tanorexia means a condition whose sufferers believe they are too pale and become obsessed with tanning.
What is tanorexia in Tamil?
Tanorexia in Tamil is கருமை விரும்பி. See Tanorexia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tanorexia?
Tanorexia is a noun.

Words near tanorexia in the dictionary

  1. tanod
  2. tanods
  3. tanomastat
  4. tanooki
  5. tanookis
  6. tanorexia
  7. tanorexic
  8. tanorexics
  9. Tanori
  10. Tanoris
  11. Tanos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tanorexia (page history and authors); tanorexia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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