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cacoëthes
cac·o·ë·thes C0010300 (kăk′ō-ē′thēz)n. An irresistible compulsion; a mania.
[Latin cacoēthes, from neuter of Greek kakoēthēs, ill-disposed : kakos, bad; see kakka- in Indo-European roots + ēthos, disposition; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]cacoethes (ˌkækəʊˈiːθiːz) n (Pathology) an uncontrollable urge or desire, esp for something harmful; mania: a cacoethes for smoking. [C16: from Latin cacoēthes malignant disease, from Greek kakoēthēs of an evil disposition, from kakos caco- + ēthos character] cacoethic adjcac•o•ë•thes or cac•o•e•thes (ˌkæk oʊˈi θiz)
n. an irresistible urge; mania. [1555–65; < Latin < Greek kakóēthes, neuter (used as n.) of kakoḗthēs malignant, literally, of bad character; see caco-, ethos] cacoethesa chronic and overwhelming desire; mania. — cacoethic, adj.See also: Disease and IllnessThesaurus| Noun | 1.cacoethes - an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or actionmania, passionirrational motive - a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logicagromania - an intense desire to be alone or out in the opendipsomania, potomania, alcoholism - an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excessegomania - an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needskleptomania - an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motivelogomania, logorrhea - pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talkingmonomania, possession - a mania restricted to one thing or ideanecromania, necrophilia, necrophilism - an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodiesphaneromania - an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)pyromania - an uncontrollable desire to set fire to thingstrichotillomania - an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair |
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