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ablutomania -- mania for washing oneself
aboulomania -- pathological indecisiveness
agromania -- intense desire to be in open spaces
andromania -- nymphomania
anglomania -- craze or obsession with England and the English
anthomania -- obsession with flowers
aphrodisiomania -- abnormal sexual interest
arithmomania -- obsessive preoccupation with numbers
balletomania -- abnormal fondness for ballet
bibliomania -- craze for books or reading
bruxomania -- compulsion for grinding teeth
cacodemomania -- pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit
catapedamania -- obsession with jumping from high places
chinamania -- obsession with collecting china
choreomania -- dancing mania or frenzy
clinomania -- excessive desire to stay in bed
copromania -- obsession with feces
cytheromania-- nymphomania
dacnomania -- obsession with killing
demonomania -- pathological belief that one is possessed by demons
dinomania-- mania for dancing
dipsomania -- abnormal craving for alcohol
discomania -- obsession for disco music
doramania-- obsession with owning furs
doromania-- obsession with giving gifts
drapetomania -- intense desire to run away from home
dromomania -- compulsive longing for travel
ecdemomania -- abnormal compulsion for wandering
egomania -- irrational self-centered attitude or self-worship
eleutheromania-- manic desire for freedom
empleomania -- mania for holding public office
enosimania -- pathological belief that one has sinned
entheomania -- abnormal belief that one is divinely inspired
epomania -- craze for writing epics
ergasiomania-- excessive desire to work; ergomania
ergomania -- excessive desire to work; workaholism
erotomania --abnormally powerful sex drive
etheromania -- craving for ether
ethnomania -- obsessive devotion to one's own people
eulogomania-- obsessive craze for eulogies
flagellomania-- abnormal enthusiasm for flogging
florimania-- craze for flowers
francomania-- craze or obsession with France and the French
gallomania -- craze or obsession with France and the French
gamomania-- obsession with issuing odd marriage proposals
Graecomania -- obsession with Greece and the Greeks
graphomania-- obsession with writing
gynaecomania -- abnormal sexual obsession with women
habromania -- insanity featuring cheerful delusions
hagiomania -- mania for sainthood
Hellenomania-- obsession with Greece and the Greeks; Graecomania
hexametromania -- mania for writing in hexameter
hieromania -- pathological religious visions or delusions
hippomania -- obsession with horses
hydromania -- irrational craving for water
hylomania-- excessive tendency towards materialism
hypermania -- severe mania
hypomania -- minor mania
hysteromania-- nymphomania
iconomania-- obsession with icons or portraits
idolomania-- obsession or devotion to idols
infomania-- excessive devotion to accumulating facts
islomania -- craze or obsession for islands
Italomania -- obsession with Italy or Italians
kleptomania -- irrational predilection for stealing
klopemania -- kleptomania
logomania-- pathological loquacity
lypemania -- extreme pathological mournfulness
macromania-- delusion that objects are larger than natural size
megalomania -- abnormal tendency towards grand or grandiose behaviour
melomania-- craze for music
methomania -- morbid craving for alcohol
metromania -- insatiable desire for writing verse
micromania -- pathological self-deprecation or belief that one is very small
monomania -- abnormal obsession with a single thought or idea
morphinomania-- habitual craving or desire for morphine
musomania -- obsession with music
mythomania -- lying or exaggerating to an abnormal extent
narcomania -- uncontrollable craving for narcotics
necromania -- sexual obsession with dead bodies; necrophilia
nosomania -- delusion of suffering from a disease
nostomania -- abnormal desire to go back to familiar places
nymphomania -- excessive or crazed sexual desire
oenomania -- obsession or craze for wine
oligomania -- obsession with a few thoughts or ideas
oniomania -- mania for making purchases
onomamania -- mania for names
onomatomania -- irresistible desire to repeat certain words
onychotillomania -- compulsive picking at the fingernails
opiomania -- craving for opium
opsomania -- abnormal love for one kind of food
orchidomania -- abnormal obsession with orchids
parousiamania -- obsession with the second coming of Christ
pathomania -- moral insanity
peotillomania -- abnormal compulsion for pulling on the penis
phagomania -- excessive desire for food or eating
phaneromania -- habit of biting one's nails
pharmacomania -- abnormal obsession with trying drugs
phonomania -- pathological tendency to murder
photomania -- pathological desire for light
phyllomania -- excessive or abnormal production of leaves
phytomania -- obsession with collecting plants
planomania -- abnormal desire to wander and disobey social norms
plutomania -- mania for money
polemomania -- mania for war
politicomania -- mania for politics
polkamania -- craze for polka dancing
polymania -- mania affecting several different mental faculties
poriomania -- abnormal compulsion to wander
pornomania -- obsession with pornography
potichomania -- craze for imitating Oriental porcelain
potomania -- abnormal desire to drink alcohol
pseudomania -- irrational predilection for lying
pteridomania -- passion for ferns
pyromania -- craze for starting fires
rhinotillexomania -- compulsive nose picking
rinkomania -- obsession with skating
satyromania -- abnormally great male sexual desire; satyriasis
scribbleomania -- obsession with scribbling
sebastomania -- religious insanity
sitiomania -- morbid aversion to food
sophomania-- delusion that one is incredibly intelligent
squandermania-- irrational propensity for spending money wastefully
stampomania -- obsession with stamp-collecting
syphilomania -- pathological belief that one is afflicted with syphilis
technomania -- craze for technology
Teutomania -- obsession with Teutonic or German things
thanatomania -- belief that one has been affected by death magic, and resulting illness
theatromania -- craze for going to plays
theomania -- belief that one is a god
timbromania -- craze for stamp collecting
tomomania -- irrational predilection for performing surgery
toxicomania -- morbid craving for poisons
trichotillomania -- neurosis where patient pulls out own hair
tulipomania -- obsession with tulips
typhomania -- delirious state resulting from typhus fever
typomania-- craze for printing one's lucubrations
uranomania -- obsession with the idea of divinity
verbomania -- craze for worthings
zoomania -- insane fonds
xenomania -- inordinate attachment to foreign dness for animals.
sent by pingo
7/31/2009


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Hippopotomonstrosesquipodaliophobia
by Talon25 on 8/27/2009
Fear of long words :P
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shopaholic:addiction to shopping
by pingo on 7/30/2009
big obbsesion for nonstop shopping.
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