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coprolamania
Obsession with foul speech or a compulsion to use filthy language.
copromania
An obsession with feces (dung).
cratomania
An obsession, or monomania, for pre-eminence, superiority, or power.
cremnomania
A compulsion to climb cliffs.
cresomania
1. An obsession for obtaining great wealth.
2. Delusion of possessing great wealth.
cyclomania
An exaggerated desire for bicycling.
cynomania
An intense enthusiasm for dogs.
cytheromania
Another term for nymphomania [an exaggerated sexual desire in a female for men].
dacnomania
An insane compulsion to kill by biting.
decalcomania, decalomaniac
A craze for transferring pictures from a specially prepared paper to surfaces of glass, porcelain, etc. Now well-known simply as decal.
demomania, demomaniac
A compulsion to be in crowded places.
demonomania
1. A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.
2. A morbid dread by a person who believes he/she is possessed by demons.
desanimania
Mindless insanity.
dipsomania
1. The pathological excessive use of of alcohol.
2. Periodic drinking bouts.
3. A morbid and insatiable craving for alcohol.
Also applied to persistent drunkenness; alcoholism.
discomania
Addiction to or obsession with discotheques, disco music, or disco dancing.
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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