Erotomania is a type of delusion in which the affected person believes that another person, usually a stranger, high-status or famous person, is in love with him or her. The illness often occurs during psychosis, especially in patients with schizophrenia, delusional disorder or bipolar mania. During an erotomanic episode, the patient believes that...
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1) sexual desire 2) sexual attraction from strangers (delusional conviction) => [eroto-] (Greek) meaning 'sexual passion' or 'desire'.
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abnormally powerful sex drive
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1. <psychiatry> Excessive or morbid inclination to erotic thoughts and behaviour. ... 2. The delusional belief that one is involved in a relationship with another, generally of higher socioeconomic status. ... Origin: G. Eros, love, + mania, frenzy ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(ә-rot″o-ma´ne-ә) a type of delusional disorder in which the subject believes that a person, usually older and of higher social status, is deeply in love with him or her; failure of the object of the delusion to respond to the subject's advances are rationalized, and pursuit and harassment of the...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: er′ō-tō-mā′nē-ă Definitions: 1. Excessive or morbid inclination to erotic thoughts and behavior. 2. The delusional belief that one is involved in a relationship with another, generally of unattainable status.
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Erotomania: The false but persistent belief that one is loved by a person (often a famous or prominent person), or the pathologically obsessive pursuit of a disinterested object of love. Erotomania can be a symptom of schizophrenia or other psychiatric disorders that are characterized by delusional symptoms.
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Erotomania is mental alienation or melancholy caused by love.
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erotomania 1. In psychiatry, a syndrome that occurs almost exclusively in females, consisting of the delusional belief that a man, usually older and of higher social status, is deeply in love with the patient. 2. Sometimes, it occurs in healthier, sexually active, aggressive women who develop intense but short-lived delusions about a man whom they ...
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erotomania, erotomaniac 1. An abnormally powerful sex drive. 2. A melancholy or kind of insanity arising from passionate love. 3. A pathologic preoccupation with sexual fantasies or activities. A syndrome that occurs almost exclusively in women and consists of a delusional belief that a man, usually older and of higher social status, is deeply in...
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abnormally strong or persistent sexual desire.
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