erotomania

[ ih-roh-tuh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh, ih-rot-uh- ]

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. abnormally strong or persistent sexual desire.

erotomania

/ ɪˌrɒtəʊˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

1. abnormally strong sexual desire
2. a condition in which a person is obsessed with another person and groundlessly believes that person to be in love with him or her

Derived Forms

• eˌrotoˈmaniac, noun

Other Words From

• e·ro·to·ma·ni·ac [ih-roh-t, uh, -, mey, -nee-ak, ih-rot-, uh, -], noun
• e·ro·to·man·ic [ih-roh-t, uh, -, man, -ik, ih-rot-, uh, -], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of erotomania¹

First recorded in 1870–75; eroto- + -mania

Example Sentences

Erotomania (satyriasis and nymphomania), or abnormal exaltation of the sexual appetite.

From Project Gutenberg

In Spain and Italy, religious melancholy, and that most vexatious species of insanity called erotomania, are the more common.

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Ulrich von Lichtenstein, in the thirteenth century, is the typical example of this chivalrous erotomania.

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