† mesmero-manian.
Obsolete. rare.
An enthusiasm or mania for mesmerism.
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crack1601
plutomania1652
hippomania1780
hydromania1803
zoomania1807
craze1813
musicomania1833
musomania1833
nostomania1835
gamomania1841
dipsomania1843
mesmero-mania1843
theomania1853
opsomania1857
potomania1858
opiomania1868
polemomania1874
xenomania1879
oenomania1897
Pygmalionism1905
urolagnia1906
claustrophilia1926
Undinism1928
leprophilia1953
leprophilia1963
thanatophilia1974
1843 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 38 577 The Mesmero-mania has nearly dwindled, in the metropolis, into anile fatuity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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