erotomania
Americannoun
noun
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abnormally strong sexual desire
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a condition in which a person is obsessed with another person and groundlessly believes that person to be in love with him or her
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Origin of erotomania
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Today, the terms De Clérambault’s syndrome and erotomania are used interchangeably, and frequently associated with conditions such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
From The Guardian • May 25, 2018
Dr. Thomas Gutheil, of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, says that Hinck ley may be a victim of erotomania in one of its forms: obsession with a celebrity.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Spain and Italy, religious melancholy, and that most vexatious species of insanity called erotomania, are the more common.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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