Hagiomania

English

Etymology

From hagio- (“holy, saint”) + -mania (“obsession, madness”).

Transliteration

• Katakana: ハギオマニア
• Hangul: 하기오마니아

Noun

hagiomania (uncountable)

1. An obsession with saints and sainthood.
   • "One regular symptom of hagiomania (if the word may be allowed) is the desire of martyrdom." — The Athenaeum, March 1807, p. 275
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