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arithmomania Psychiatry.|əˌrɪθməʊˈmeɪnɪə|
[f. Gr. ἀριθµό-ς number + mania. Cf. Fr. arithmomanie.]
A compulsive desire to count objects and make calculations. So arithmoˈmaniac, one who suffers from arithmomania.
1890W. S. Colman in Lancet 5 July 14/2 In France cases have been described as ‘arithmomaniacs’, epileptics who are usually of weak intellect and occupy themselves habitually with simple arithmetical calculations. 1892D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. 678 He eventually experienced the like trouble in regard to..the number of articles (books, dishes, &c.) falling under his observation (arithmomania). 1895tr. M. Nordau's Degeneration iii. i. 242 Erotomania (love madness), arithmomania (madness of numbers), oniomania (madness for buying), etc. 1924J. Riviere et al. tr. Freud's Coll. Papers I. vii. 132 Obsession of arithmomania. A woman became obliged to count the boards in the floor, the steps in the staircase. 1934S. Beckett More Pricks iv. 89 The voice of the arithmomaniac was heard. |