Manias

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Dipsomania

Irresistible craving for alcohol

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Bibliomania

Obsession with collecting or owning books

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Gephyromania

Obsession with bridges

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Ailuromania

Obsession with, or excessive love of, cats

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Demomania / Ochlomania

Obsession with crowds or mobs

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Necromania

Obsession with dead bodies or death

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Thanatomania

Obsession with death; a fixation on dying

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Narcomania

Irresistible craving for narcotics or drugs

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Cynomania

Obsession with dogs

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Phagomania / Sitomania

Morbid craving for food; obsession with eating

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Pyromania

Irresistible urge to set things on fire

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Anthomania

Obsession with flowers

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Hippomania

Obsession with horses

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Mythomania

Compulsive or habitual lying

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Egomania

Excessive self-centredness; obsession with oneself

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Ablutomania

Obsession with washing or bathing

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Megalomania

Delusions of grandeur; obsession with power and importance

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Hedonomania

Obsession with pleasure

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Theomania

Religious mania; the delusion of being God or divinely inspired

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Erotomania / Nymphomania / Satyromania

Obsession with love or sex

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Monomania

Obsession with a single subject or idea

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Kleptomania

Irresistible urge to steal

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Tomomania

Unusual eagerness for surgical operations

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Logomania / Verbomania

Excessive talkativeness; obsession with words

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Dromomania / Hodomania / Poriomania

Irresistible urge to wander or travel

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Agromania

Obsession with open country or fields