Manias and Obessions: A List

Word	Definition
ablutomania	mania for washing oneself
aboulomania	pathological indecisiveness
agromania	intense desire to be in open spaces
andromania	nymphomania
anglomania	craze or obsession with England and the English
anthomania	obsession with flowers
aphrodisiomania	abnormal sexual interest
arithmomania	obsessive preoccupation with numbers
balletomania	abnormal fondness for ballet
bibliomania	craze for books or reading
bruxomania	compulsion for grinding teeth
cacodemomania	pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit
catapedamania	obsession with jumping from high places
chinamania	obsession with collecting china
choreomania	dancing mania or frenzy
clinomania	excessive desire to stay in bed
copromania	obsession with feces
cytheromania	nymphomania
dacnomania	obsession with killing
demonomania	pathological belief that one is possessed by demons
dinomania	mania for dancing
dipsomania	abnormal craving for alcohol
discomania	obsession for disco music
doramania	obsession with owning furs
doromania	obsession with giving gifts
drapetomania	intense desire to run away from home
dromomania	compulsive longing for travel
ecdemomania	abnormal compulsion for wandering
egomania	irrational self-centered attitude or self-worship
eleutheromania	manic desire for freedom
empleomania	mania for holding public office
enosimania	pathological belief that one has sinned
entheomania	abnormal belief that one is divinely inspired
epomania	craze for writing epics
ergasiomania	excessive desire to work; ergomania
ergomania	excessive desire to work; workaholism
erotomania	abnormally powerful sex drive
etheromania	craving for ether
ethnomania	obsessive devotion to one's own people
eulogomania	obsessive craze for eulogies
flagellomania	abnormal enthusiasm for flogging
florimania	craze for flowers
francomania	craze or obsession with France and the French
gallomania	craze or obsession with France and the French
gamomania	obsession with issuing odd marriage proposals
Graecomania	obsession with Greece and the Greeks
graphomania	obsession with writing
gynaecomania	abnormal sexual obsession with women
habromania	insanity featuring cheerful delusions
hagiomania	mania for sainthood
Hellenomania	obsession with Greece and the Greeks; Graecomania
hexametromania	mania for writing in hexameter
hieromania	pathological religious visions or delusions
hippomania	obsession with horses
hydromania	irrational craving for water
hylomania	excessive tendency towards materialism
hypermania	severe mania
hypomania	minor mania
hysteromania	nymphomania
iconomania	obsession with icons or portraits
idolomania	obsession or devotion to idols
infomania	excessive devotion to accumulating facts
islomania	craze or obsession for islands
Italomania	obsession with Italy or Italians
kleptomania	irrational predilection for stealing
klopemania	kleptomania
logomania	pathological loquacity
lypemania	extreme pathological mournfulness
macromania	delusion that objects are larger than natural size
megalomania	abnormal tendency towards grand or grandiose behaviour
melomania	craze for music
methomania	morbid craving for alcohol
metromania	insatiable desire for writing verse
micromania	pathological self-deprecation or belief that one is very small
monomania	abnormal obsession with a single thought or idea
morphinomania	habitual craving or desire for morphine
musomania	obsession with music
mythomania	lying or exaggerating to an abnormal extent
narcomania	uncontrollable craving for narcotics
necromania	sexual obsession with dead bodies; necrophilia
nosomania	delusion of suffering from a disease
nostomania	abnormal desire to go back to familiar places
nymphomania	excessive or crazed sexual desire
oenomania	obsession or craze for wine
oligomania	obsession with a few thoughts or ideas
oniomania	mania for making purchases
onomamania	mania for names
onomatomania	irresistible desire to repeat certain words
onychotillomania	compulsive picking at the fingernails
opiomania	craving for opium
opsomania	abnormal love for one kind of food
orchidomania	abnormal obsession with orchids
parousiamania	obsession with the second coming of Christ
pathomania	moral insanity
peotillomania	abnormal compulsion for pulling on the penis
phagomania	excessive desire for food or eating
phaneromania	habit of biting one’s nails
pharmacomania	abnormal obsession with trying drugs
phonomania	pathological tendency to murder
photomania	pathological desire for light
phyllomania	excessive or abnormal production of leaves
phytomania	obsession with collecting plants
planomania	abnormal desire to wander and disobey social norms
plutomania	mania for money
polemomania	mania for war
politicomania	mania for politics
polkamania	craze for polka dancing
polymania	mania affecting several different mental faculties
poriomania	abnormal compulsion to wander
pornomania	obsession with pornography
potichomania	craze for imitating Oriental porcelain
potomania	abnormal desire to drink alcohol
pseudomania	irrational predilection for lying
pteridomania	passion for ferns
pyromania	craze for starting fires
rhinotillexomania	compulsive nose picking
rinkomania	obsession with skating
satyromania	abnormally great male sexual desire; satyriasis
scribbleomania	obsession with scribbling
sebastomania	religious insanity
sitiomania	morbid aversion to food
sophomania	delusion that one is incredibly intelligent
squandermania	irrational propensity for spending money wastefully
stampomania	obsession with stamp-collecting
syphilomania	pathological belief that one is afflicted with syphilis
technomania	craze for technology
Teutomania	obsession with Teutonic or German things
thanatomania	belief that one has been affected by death magic, and resulting illness
theatromania	craze for going to plays
theomania	belief that one is a god
timbromania	craze for stamp collecting
tomomania	irrational predilection for performing surgery
toxicomania	morbid craving for poisons
trichotillomania	neurosis where patient pulls out own hair
tulipomania	obsession with tulips
typhomania	delirious state resulting from typhus fever
typomania	craze for printing one’s lucubrations
uranomania	obsession with the idea of divinity
verbomania	craze for words
xenomania	inordinate attachment to foreign things
zoomania	insane fondness for animals

from 'The Phronistery'