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onomatomania

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onomatomania
a preoccupation with words or names.
See also: Names
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Noun1.onomatomania - obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness
obsession, compulsion - an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
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