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flagellomania|ˌflædʒələʊˈmeɪnɪə|
[f. flagellum + -o + -mania.]
Enthusiasm for flogging. Hence ˌflagelloˈmaniac n. and a., (one who is) enthusiastically in favour of flogging.
1895G. B. Shaw in Daily Chron. 24 Feb. 8/5 Flagellomania has been victorious by seven votes to five on the Industrial Schools Committee. 1899― in Humanity May 136/2 The male flagellomaniac—who is sometimes, unfortunately, a judge—craves intensely for the flogging of women. 1908Humanitarian Sept. 66/2 We are constantly assured by the flagellomaniac section of the Press that crime is ‘stamped out’ by the ‘cat’. 1917G. B. Shaw in New Republic 6 Jan., Any newspaper can get up a flagellomaniac garotting scare. 1952R. Hughes Swinburne's Lesbia Brandon 553 It is not mere flagellation in the void,..as is usually the case with flagellomaniacs. |