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Hagiomania

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English

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Etymology

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

Transliteration

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  • Katakana: ハギオマニア
  • Hangul: 하기오마니아

Noun

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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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