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cacoethes
:
NOUN
motive
cacoethes
,
mania
,
passion
an
irrational
but
irresistible
motive for a belief or
action
English
>
cacoethes
: 1 sense
> noun 1, motive
Meaning
An
irrational
but
irresistible
motive for a belief or
action
.
Synonyms
mania
,
passion
Narrower
agromania
An intense
desire
to be alone or out in the
open
dipsomania
,
alcoholism
,
potomania
An intense
persistent
desire
to
drink
alcoholic beverages
to
excess
egomania
An intense and
irresistible
love
for yourself and
concern
for your own
needs
kleptomania
An
irresistible impulse
to
steal
in the
absence
of any economic motive
logorrhea
,
logomania
pathologically
excessive
(and often
incoherent
)
talking
monomania
,
possession
A
mania
restricted
to one
thing
or
idea
necrophilia
,
necrophilism
,
necromania
An
irresistible
sexual
attraction
to
dead bodies
phaneromania
An
irresistible
desire
to
pick
at superficial
body parts
(as in
obsessive
nail-biting
)
pyromania
An uncontrollable
desire
to set
fire
to
things
trichotillomania
An
irresistible
urge
to
pull out
your own
hair
Broader
irrational motive
A
motivation
that is
inconsistent
with
reason
or
logic
Spanish
manía
Catalan
mania
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