hagiomania

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noun

An obsession with saints and sainthood.

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Meanings

nounhagiomania (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn obsession with saints and sainthood.

    One regular symptom of hagiomania (if the word may be allowed) is the desire of martyrdom.

    1807 March 28, The Athenaeum, page 275

Origin

From hagio- + -mania.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hagiomania

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APA

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

MLA

“hagiomania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hagiomania. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hagiomania,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hagiomania.

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