English Explanatory Dictionary

hypnomania

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A condition where a previously hypnotized subject develops a morbid craving for hypnosis.

Word forms

hypnomania

Etymology

First discovered in the writings of Hyppolite Bernheim, the condition was originally referred to as a "morbid craving for hypnosis". The term hypnomania would be coined much later.

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