habromania

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἁβρός (habrós, “graceful, pretty”) with the suffix -mania.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhæbɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪni(j)ə/
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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhæbɹoʊˈmeɪni(j)ə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪniə
  • Hyphenation: ha‧bro‧ma‧ni‧a, ha‧bro‧ma‧nia

Noun

habromania (uncountable)

  1. (dated, psychiatry) a form of insanity characterised by delusions of a cheerful or joyous nature
    • 1899, Charles Féré, The Pathology of Emotions: Physiological and Clinical Studies‎[1], page 319:
      Melancholy, says one, is a morbid sadness; mania is a prolonged anger. Various madnesses of expansive forms, certain monomanias of Esquirol, have been regarded as morbid gaieties (amenomania of Rush, habromania), just like the hilarious form of mania so frequent among adolescents.

Synonyms

  • amenomania
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