Meanings
- dateduncountablehuman sciencesa form of insanity characterised by delusions of a cheerful or joyous nature
Melancholy, says one, is a morbid sadness; mania is a prolonged anger. Various madnesses of expansive forms, certain monomanias of Esquirol, have been regarded as morbid gaieties (amenomania of Rush, habromania), just like the hilarious form of mania so frequent among adolescents.
1899, Charles Féré, The Pathology of Emotions: Physiological and Clinical Studies, page 319Synonyms: amenomania
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna form of insanity characterised by delusions of a cheerful or joyous nature
Origin
- Ancient Greekἁβρός“graceful, pretty”
- Englishhabromania
From Ancient Greek ἁβρός (habrós, “graceful, pretty”) with the suffix -mania.
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French habromanie
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Spanish habromanía
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