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onomatomania

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"I keep feeling a sense of onomatomania over how often I use the word 'realistically'."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὀνόμᾰτος (onómătos)der. English onomato- English -mania English onomatomania Coined by Jean-Martin Charcot; from onomato- + -mania.

synonymomania

What does onomatomania mean?: An abnormal obsession with a particular word.
Where does onomatomania come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὀνόμᾰτος (onómătos)der. English onomato- English -mania English onomatomania Coined by Jean-Martin Charcot; from onomato- + -mania.

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