HyperDic: phaneromania

English > 1 sense of the word phaneromania:
NOUNmotivephaneromaniaan irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
English > phaneromania: 1 sense > noun 1, motive
MeaningAn irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting).
Broadermania, passion, cacoethesAn irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

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