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单词 demonomaniac
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demonomaniacn.

Brit. /ˌdiːmənə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪak/, U.S. /ˌdimənəˈmeɪniˌæk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: demono- comb. form, -maniac comb. form.
Etymology: < demono- comb. form + -maniac comb. form, after French démonomaniaque (1792 or earlier as adjective, 1814 or earlier as noun). Compare earlier demonomania n.
Now historical.
A person thought to be possessed by an evil spirit; spec. a person who believes this of himself or herself; a person affected with demonomania.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > possession > person
demoniacc1405
diabolicalc1547
phantic1605
possessed1657
demonomaniac1831
diaboleptic1879
theoleptic1881
1831 T. Cooper tr. F. Broussais On Irritation & Insanity ii. viii. 268 In the middle ages, those times of fanaticism and ignorance, demonomaniacs [Fr. démonomaniaques] were common; but they were delivered over rather to the priest who exorcised them, than to the physician.
1891 C. Lombroso Man of Genius iii. i. 173 For the demonomaniacs of a hundred years ago..are now substituted the modern paranoiacs.
1920 G. K. Chesterton New Jerusalem ix. 177 I do not say that psychologists admit the discovery of demoniacs; and if they did they would doubtless call them something else, such as demonomaniacs.
1995 J. P. Eigen Witnessing Insanity iii. 61 In still another [age], the monomaniac, the demonomaniac, and the tristemaniac come under the specialists' gaze.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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