Hagiomania
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[edit | edit source]Etymology
[edit | edit source]From hagio- (“holy, saint”) + -mania (“obsession, madness”).
Transliteration
[edit | edit source]- Katakana: ハギオマニア
- Hangul: 하기오마니아
Noun
[edit | edit source]hagiomania (uncountable)
- 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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