Erotomania
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| + | "When the sentiment predominates, the term [[Erotomania]] is employed, and when the animal propensity is more conspicuous, that of [[Nymphomania]] in females, and of [[Satyreasis]] in males, is employed."--''[[The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases]]'' (1840) by Alexander Morison | ||
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| "[[Charles Baudelaire|He]] was at once a mystic and an [[erotomania]]c, an eater of [[hashish]] and [[opium]]; he felt himself attracted in the characteristic fashion by other degenerate minds, mad or depraved."--''[[Degeneration (Nordau)|Degeneration]]'' (1892) by Max Nordau | "[[Charles Baudelaire|He]] was at once a mystic and an [[erotomania]]c, an eater of [[hashish]] and [[opium]]; he felt himself attracted in the characteristic fashion by other degenerate minds, mad or depraved."--''[[Degeneration (Nordau)|Degeneration]]'' (1892) by Max Nordau | ||
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| "[[After spending long hours turning over a collection of bawdy prints, you fall into a great spell of melancholy]]" --Baudelaire | "[[After spending long hours turning over a collection of bawdy prints, you fall into a great spell of melancholy]]" --Baudelaire | ||
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| + | "... Eroticus Furor feu Erotomania ; quem Morbum Barbari lingue graca prorsùs"--Manuductio per omnes medicinae ..."--''[[Manuductio per omnes medicinae]]'' (1626) by Louis Du Gardin | ||
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| [[Erotomania]] is an [[excessive]] [[sexual]] [[inclination]] or [[desire]]. | [[Erotomania]] is an [[excessive]] [[sexual]] [[inclination]] or [[desire]]. | ||
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| + | Erotomania can also refer to [[de Clérambault]]'s [[syndrome]]; a condition in which a person becomes deluded that a certain person of higher social status is in love with them. | ||
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| *[[Erotica collector]] | *[[Erotica collector]] | ||
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"When the sentiment predominates, the term Erotomania is employed, and when the animal propensity is more conspicuous, that of Nymphomania in females, and of Satyreasis in males, is employed."--The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases (1840) by Alexander Morison "He was at once a mystic and an erotomaniac, an eater of hashish and opium; he felt himself attracted in the characteristic fashion by other degenerate minds, mad or depraved."--Degeneration (1892) by Max Nordau "After spending long hours turning over a collection of bawdy prints, you fall into a great spell of melancholy" --Baudelaire "... Eroticus Furor feu Erotomania ; quem Morbum Barbari lingue graca prorsùs"--Manuductio per omnes medicinae ..."--Manuductio per omnes medicinae (1626) by Louis Du Gardin |
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Erotomania is an excessive sexual inclination or desire.
Clérambault
Erotomania can also refer to de Clérambault's syndrome; a condition in which a person becomes deluded that a certain person of higher social status is in love with them.
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