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erotomania

erotomania Erotomania is a historical term for a symptom seen in different mental disorders, marked by an unhealthy and intense romantic or sexual fixation on the opposite sex, with emphasis on fantasy and emotion more than physical desire.

Erotomania is a historical term for a symptom seen in different mental disorders, marked by an unhealthy and intense romantic or sexual fixation on the opposite sex, with emphasis on fantasy and emotion more than physical desire. In older usage, it could also mean excessive sexual passion generally, overlapping with terms such as nymphomania in women and satyriasis in men.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Erotomania or Eroticomania” (Erotomania).
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