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thanatomania

thanatomania noun: the morbid belief that one is fated to die, having been cursed or bewitched by an enemy.

Noun

thanatomania (uncountable)

  1. The morbid belief that one is fated to die, having been cursed or bewitched by an enemy.
    • Suicide may also sometimes be effectuated by the mechanism of thanatomania.1971, Erwin Heinz Ackerknecht, Hans Huldrych Walser, Huldrych M. Koelbing, Medicine and ethnology: selected essays

thanatomania meaning in Tamil

thanatomania in Tamil

தற்கொலை வெறி

Origin of thanatomania

From thanato- + -mania.

Questions about thanatomania

What does thanatomania mean?
Thanatomania means the morbid belief that one is fated to die, having been cursed or bewitched by an enemy.
What is thanatomania in Tamil?
Thanatomania in Tamil is தற்கொலை வெறி. See Thanatomania meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thanatomania?
Thanatomania is a noun.

Words near thanatomania in the dictionary

  1. thanatologies
  2. thanatologist
  3. thanatologists
  4. thanatology
  5. thanatomancy
  6. thanatomania
  7. thanatometer
  8. thanatometers
  9. thanatomicrobiome
  10. thanatomicrobiomic
  11. thanatomimesis

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