arithmomanian.
/əˌrɪθməʊˈmeɪnɪə/ Psychiatry.
A compulsive desire to count objects and make calculations.
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kleptomania1830
klopemania1855
arithmomania1892
onychophagia1894
oniomania1895
onychophagy1898
trichotillomania1905
1892 D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. 678 He eventually experienced the like trouble in regard to..the number of articles (books, dishes, &c.) falling under his observation (arithmomania).
1895 tr. M. Nordau's Degeneration iii. i. 242 Erotomania (love madness), arithmomania (madness of numbers), oniomania (madness for buying), etc.
1924 J. Riviere et al. tr. S. Freud Coll. Papers I. vii. 132 Obsession of arithmomania. A woman became obliged to count the boards in the floor, the steps in the staircase.
Derivatives
arithmoˈmaniac n. one who suffers from arithmomania.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > compulsion neurosis > other compulsions > person
onychophagist1834
kleptomaniac1861
arithmomaniac1890
trichotillomaniac1962
1890 W. S. Colman in Lancet 5 July 14/2 In France cases have been described as ‘arithmomaniacs’, epileptics who are usually of weak intellect and occupy themselves habitually with simple arithmetical calculations.
1934 S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks iv. 89 The voice of the arithmomaniac was heard.
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