theomania

[ thee-oh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]

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.

theomania

/ ˌθɪəˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• ˌtheoˈmaniˌac, noun

Other Words From

• the·o·ma·ni·ac [thee-oh-, mey, -nee-ak], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of theomania¹

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

Example Sentences

Like Tolstoy, Nietzsche suffered from theomania and prophecy madness.

From Project Gutenberg

Dæmonomania differs widely from the mental disease called Theomania.

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