"erotomania" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: erotomanias [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniə Etymology: From late 19th century. From Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós, “related to love”), which is from ἔρως (érōs, “passionate or sexual love”); eroto- + -mania. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἐρωτικός||related to love}} Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós, “related to love”), {{m|grc|ἔρως||passionate or sexual love}} ἔρως (érōs, “passionate or sexual love”), {{confix|en|eroto|mania}} eroto- + -mania Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} erotomania (usually uncountable, plural erotomanias)
  1. A disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (mental disorder based on the delusion of a romantic relationship): erotomanio (Esperanto), érotomanie [feminine] (French), ερωτομανία (erotomanía) [feminine] (Greek), erotomanie [feminine] (Italian), erotomania [feminine] (Italian), erotomania [feminine] (Polish), эротомания (erotomanija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-erotomania-en-noun-trqar7bb Disambiguation of 'mental disorder based on the delusion of a romantic relationship': 80 20
  2. Excessive sexual inclination or desire. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-erotomania-en-noun-GQhCUqpe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with eroto-, English terms suffixed with -mania, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with eroto-: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -mania: 27 73 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: de Clérambault's syndrome Related terms: erotomane

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