erotomania

From late 19th century. From Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós, “related to love”), which is from ἔρως (érōs, “passionate or sexual love”); eroto- +‎ -mania.

• Rhymes: -eɪniə

erotomania (usually uncountable, plural erotomanias)

1. A psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.
   • 2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation‎^[1], Random House, →ISBN:

     I read a case study of a woman, Patient M, who suffered from erotomania, or De Clerambault syndrome, in upstate New York in the 1970s. […] One July morning, professional acquaintances and friends of the professor were shocked tor receive wedding invitations to the marriage of him and Patient M.

2. Excessive sexual inclination or desire.

• de Clérambault's syndrome

• erotomaniacal

• erotomane

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Erotomania”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 274, column 2.

eroto- +‎ -mania

• IPA^(key): /ˈerotoˌmɑniɑ/, [ˈe̞ro̞t̪o̞ˌmɑ̝niɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
• Syllabification^(key): e‧ro‧to‧ma‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): eroto‧mania

erotomania

1. erotomania

• In diagnostics this term, together with nymfomania and satyriaasi, has been raplaced with hyperseksuaalisuus (“hypersexuality”)

• “erotomania”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• erotomaani

From eroto- +‎ -mania.

erotomania f (plural erotomanie)

1. erotomania