theomania

American  

[thee-oh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh] / ˌθi oʊˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə /

noun

1. a delusional mental illness in which a person believes that they are to be God or specially chosen by God, as to found a religious order.

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theomania British  

/ ˌθɪəˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

1. religious madness, esp when it takes the form of believing oneself to be a god

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Other Word Forms

• theomaniac
  noun

Etymology

Origin of theomania

First recorded in 1850–55; New Latin; theo- + -mania

Example Sentences

Theomania, thē-ō-mā′ni-a, n. a madman's belief that he himself is God, or that God dwells in him.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Dæmonomania differs widely from the mental disease called Theomania.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)