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# Compulsion; mania; an often irresistible urge (especially toward something harmful or ill-advised).
# Compulsion; mania; an often irresistible urge (especially toward something harmful or ill-advised).
#* ''The ''cacoethes scribendi''—the itch to write—has ruined many a peaceful life.''
#* ''The ''cacoethes scribendi'', the itch to write, has ruined many a peaceful life.''
#* ''He spoke of an incurable ''cacoethes'' for contradiction.''
#* ''He spoke of an incurable ''cacoethes'' for contradiction.''