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erotomania

Syllabification: (e·ro·to·ma·ni·a)

Definition of erotomania

noun

  • Psychiatry excessive sexual desire.
  • a delusion in which a person (typically a woman) believes that another person (typically of higher social status) is in love with them. Also called de Clerambault's syndrome.

Derivatives

erotomaniac

Pronunciation: /-ˈmānēˌak/

noun

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