noun
Meaning 1
The compulsion to write.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
graphomania
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/ˌɡɹæfəˈmeɪni.ə/
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rhymes with -eɪniə
noun
Meaning 2
Used as part of the name of various surrealist techniques, e.g., a method in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots; see "Entoptic graphomania".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: art, arts
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History
Etymology
From grapho- + -mania.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: grafomania — the compulsion to write
- French: graphomanie — the compulsion to write
- Hungarian: grafománia — the compulsion to write
- Italian: grafomania — the compulsion to write
- Portuguese: grafomania — the compulsion to write
- Romanian: grafomanie — the compulsion to write
- Russian: графома́ния (grafománija) — the compulsion to write
- Spanish: grafomanía — the compulsion to write