erotomania
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós, “related to love”), which is from ἔρως (érōs, “passionate or sexual love”); eroto- + -mania.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪniə
Noun
erotomania (usually uncountable, plural erotomanias)
- a disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person
- excessive sexual inclination or desire
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
mental disorder based on the delusion of a romantic relationship
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Finnish
Usage notes
- In diagnostics this term, together with nymfomania and satyriaasi, has been raplaced with hyperseksuaalisuus (“hypersexuality”)
Declension
| Inflection of erotomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | erotomania | erotomaniat | |
| genitive | erotomanian | erotomanioiden erotomanioitten | |
| partitive | erotomaniaa | erotomanioita | |
| illative | erotomaniaan | erotomanioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | erotomania | erotomaniat | |
| accusative | nom. | erotomania | erotomaniat |
| gen. | erotomanian | ||
| genitive | erotomanian | erotomanioiden erotomanioitten erotomaniainrare | |
| partitive | erotomaniaa | erotomanioita | |
| inessive | erotomaniassa | erotomanioissa | |
| elative | erotomaniasta | erotomanioista | |
| illative | erotomaniaan | erotomanioihin | |
| adessive | erotomanialla | erotomanioilla | |
| ablative | erotomanialta | erotomanioilta | |
| allative | erotomanialle | erotomanioille | |
| essive | erotomaniana | erotomanioina | |
| translative | erotomaniaksi | erotomanioiksi | |
| instructive | — | erotomanioin | |
| abessive | erotomaniatta | erotomanioitta | |
| comitative | — | erotomanioineen | |
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