noun
Meaning 1
Compulsion; mania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cacoethes
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌkækəʊˈiːθiːz/
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noun
Meaning 2
A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mania, passion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: irrational motive
Narrower terms: agromania, dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania, egomania, kleptomania, logorrhea, logomania, monomania, possession, necrophilia, necrophilism, necromania, phaneromania, pyromania, trichotillomania
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cacoēthes, from Ancient Greek κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs, “ill-disposed”) from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἦθος (êthos, “disposition, nature”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: posedlost — compulsion, mania
- Czech: mánie — compulsion, mania
- French: contrainte — compulsion, mania
- French: manie — compulsion, mania
- Polish: fiksacja — compulsion, mania
- Czech: sklon m inan k churavosti — disposition in a disease
- French: tumeur f maligne — disposition in a disease
- French: ulcère — disposition in a disease