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demonomania|ˈdiːmənəʊˈmeɪnɪə|
[a. med.L. dæmonomania, f. Gr. δαίµων, δαιµονο- + mania. Δαιµονοµανία was used in eccles. Gr. in a somewhat different sense: see demonomanie]
(See quot. 1883.)
1880Sat. Rev. No. 1295. 249 Outbreaks of the epidemical demonomania to which every age is liable. 1883Syd. Soc. Lex., Dæmonomania, a kind of madness in which the patient fancies himself possessed by devils; it is a variety of melancholia, originating in mistaken views on religious subjects. |