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polemomania
A compulsion for war.
politicomania
A morbid or excessive interest in politics.
polyembolokoilamania
A reference to children with Smith-Magenis syndrome, who have the bad habit of inserting foreign bodies into body orifices (usually into the ears).
polymania
A mania affecting several mental faculties; the opposite of monomania.
poriomania
1. An irresistible impulse to wander or journey away from one’s home.
2. An unmotivated, aimless desire to wander.
3. A pathological compulsion to journey from one place to another, whether consciously or without recall of the event.
pornographomania
1. A compulsion to write obscene letters.
2. An abnormal interest in pornography.
pornomania
1. A craze for pornography on a global scale which apparently is the reason why there is so much money being made by producers of this form of diversion.
2. An obsession with pornography.
posiomania
A compulsion to drink; especially, alcoholic liquids.
potichomania
The craze for imitating Japanese or other porcelain by covering the inner surface of glass vessels, etc., with designs on paper or sheet gelatin; the process of doing this.
potomania
1. A morbid craving for intoxicating drinks.
2. An intense and persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess.
pototromania or pototromomania
Delirium tremens (acute hallucinatory delirium, marked memory impairment, disorientation, and a course, generalized tremor).
pseudomania, pseudomaniac
1. A mania for lying; an insane tendency to make false statements.
2. A symptom in which the patient accuses him/herself of having committed crimes of which he/she is really innocent.
pteridomania
A mania or excessive enthusiasm for ferns.
pyromania
1. Insanity characterized by an impulse to set things on fire; a mania for incendiarism.
2. An irrational urge to set destructive fires and watch them burn.
There's nothing consistent about human behavior except its tendency to drift towards evil.
—Anonymous
rhinotillomania
Compulsive nose-picking as a common activity among adolescents.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "anger, angry; rage, wrath, fury; rave":
fur-, furi-;
ira-;
lysso-;
rab-, rav-.
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