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ONOMATOMANIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does onomatomania mean?
• ONOMATOMANIA (noun)
The noun ONOMATOMANIA has 1 sense:
1. obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness
Familiarity information: ONOMATOMANIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting goals
Hypernyms ("onomatomania" is a kind of...):
compulsion; obsession (an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will)
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