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bibliokleptomaniac
1. A book thief who is often regarded as being insane.
2. Someone who has an uncontrollable or a compulsive desire to steal and possess books.
bibliomaniacal
A reference to anyone who has an intense inordinate desire to collect and possess books; especially, rare and curious ones.
bracteomania
An excessive production of bracts (a type of leaf).
bromomania
A mania caused by the use of bromine; an organic mental disorder produced by chronic bromide intoxication.
bruxomania, brycomania
1. A gnashing, grinding, gritting, and clenching of the teeth in other than normal chewing movements occurring unconsciously in the daytime; sometimes resulting in a loosening of the teeth and a bleeding of the gums.
2. Compulsive and continual crushing of the teeth together, with intermittent grinding.
3. The involuntary, "nervous" grinding of the teeth while a patient is awake.
It is thought bruxomania occurs as a way to relieve tension or stress and was first diagnosed as a medical condition in 1907.
cacodaemonomania
1. Obsession with demonic possession.
2. A condition in which the patient believes he/she is inhabited by, or possessed of, a devil or some other evil spirit.
callomania, callomaniac
1. A pathologic attraction to people or objects because of their beauty alone, without regard for other qualities.
2. The delusion by someone who thinks that she (or he) is beautiful.
capnomania; also, fumimania=love of smoking
An obsessive or uncontrollable desire or habit of smoking one or more tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc.) which may also be defined as an addiction.
See the pages at this Capnomania-Fumimania link, Part 1 where you may see special images and information for a better understanding of smoking and smokers.
capnomaniac (s), capnomaniacs (pl)
A person, or people, who have an obsessive or uncontrollable desire or habit of smoking one or more tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc.) which for many is an addiction.
These words were coined by John G. Robertson in his book, An Excess of Phobias and Manias which was published in 2003 because they were not known to exist in any lexicon or published source.
capnophobia, capnophobiac, capnomania, capnomaniac: coined by John G. Robertson
These words were all created for John G. Robertson's book,
An Excess of Phobias and Manias, published in 2003, because they were not available in any dictionaries or other known sources to express these conditions.
See the fumi- unit for other words (fumimania, fumimaniac, fumiphobia, fumiphobiac) that were also brought into existence by John Robertson.
See the pages at this Capnophobia-Fumiphobia, Part 1 for pages about the smoking problems in our global societies.
Smoking is a shocking thing—blowing smoke out of our mouths into other people's mouths, eyes, and noses, and having the same thing done to us.
—Samuel Johnson, lexicographer, (1709-1784)
Believing that we are doing something worthwhile when we are smoking is the first illusion of tobacco.
—Anonymous
carpomania
An excessive production of fruit.
catabythismomania
An abnormal desire, or recurrent impulse, to drown oneself.
catapedamania
An impulse to jump from high places.
ceratomania
An abnormal production of hooded flowers.
cheromania or chaeromania
Compulsion toward gaiety or happiness; characterized by exaltation.
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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