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theomania
[ thee-oh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]
noun
- a delusional mental illness in which a person believes that they are to be God or specially chosen by God, as to found a religious order.
theomania
/ ˌθɪəˈmeɪnɪə /
noun
- religious madness, esp when it takes the form of believing oneself to be a god
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Derived Forms
- ˌtheoˈmaniˌac, noun
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Other Words From
- the·o·ma·ni·ac [thee-oh-, mey, -nee-ak], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of theomania1
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Example Sentences
Like Tolstoy, Nietzsche suffered from theomania and prophecy madness.
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Dæmonomania differs widely from the mental disease called Theomania.
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