theomania

American

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

noun

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 British

/ ˌθɪəˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

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

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theomaniac

noun

Etymology

Origin of theomania

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

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Three others were cases of "theomania" in the sense that their delusions concerned messages from God.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

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