onomatomania
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onomatomania
a preoccupation with words or names.
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Noun | 1. | 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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on·o·mat·o·ma·ni·a
n. onomatomanía, repetición obsesiva de palabras.
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