erotographomania

noun

An abnormal interest in erotic literature.

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Meanings

nounerotographomania (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn abnormal interest in erotic literature.
  2. uncountableAn obsession with writing love letters or love poems, usually in connection with sexual arousal.

    Psychologists are familiar with the German term ‘Pseudolismus’, denoting the urge to talk about or to record sexual fantasies, one of its variations being erotographomania, which is the habit of writing, or urging others to write, obscene letters.

    1988, Peter Wagner, Eros Revived, Paladin, published 1990, page 311

Origin

From eroto- + graphomania.

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erotographomania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erotographomania

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