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erotomania

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e·ro·to·ma·ni·a  (-rt-mn-, -rt-)
n.
1. Excessive sexual desire.
2. Psychiatry A delusional, romantic preoccupation with a stranger, often a public figure.
[Greek ertomani : ers, ert-, sexual love + -mani, -mania.]
e·roto·mani·ac (-mn-k) n.
e·roto·ma·nia·cal (-m-n-kl) adj.
erotomania [ɪˌrɒtəʊˈmeɪnɪə]
n
1. (Psychology) abnormally strong sexual desire
2. (Psychology) a condition in which a person is obsessed with another person and groundlessly believes that person to be in love with him or her
erotomaniac  n
erotomania
abnormal or uncontrollable sexual desire. — erotomaniac, n., adj.
See also: Sex
an excessive propensity for sexual desire.
See also: Manias
Translations
erotomania [ɪˌrɒtəʊˈmeɪnɪə] N → erotomanía f


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Despite the public's focus on their sexual perversion, Kieb insisted that Ruth and Judd were normal: "They aren't troubled with erotomania, either.
The Bloody Blonde and the Marble Woman: gender and power in the case ... by Ramey, Jessie / Journal of Social History
24) Erotomania is the strong, but mistaken, belief that the stalker's object is in love with the stalker.
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Given the erotomania of his work, many found it fitting that he lived at Number 69 on the rue de la Glaciere.
96 Years of sodom: Benjamin Ivry on Pierre Klossowski. (Passages) by Ivry, Benjamin / Artforum International
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