Laconomania

See also: laconomania

English

Etymology

From Lacono- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪniə
  • Hyphenation: Lac‧on‧o‧ma‧ni‧a

Noun

Laconomania (plural Laconomanias)

  1. love for or obsession with the Spartans
    Synonym: Laconophilia
    • 1957 January 1, Utley Te, Maclure J Stuart, Documents Of Modern Political Thought‎[1], Cambridge University Press, page 80:
      This ‘Laconomania’ is met in Plato, Xenophon, Polybius, Plutarch and many others in the ‘classical heritage’, which in time came to inspire generations of lycée-trained young men; a man like Saint-Just is an obvious product of it.

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