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cacoethes

DEFINITIONS OF: cacoethes

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n an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

Synonyms:
mania, passion
Types:
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agromania
an intense desire to be alone or out in the open
alcoholism, dipsomania, potomania
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
egomania
an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs
kleptomania
an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
logomania, logorrhea
pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
monomania, possession
a mania restricted to one thing or idea
necromania, necrophilia, necrophilism
an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
phaneromania
an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
pyromania
an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
trichotillomania
an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair
Type of:
irrational motive
a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
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