politico-manian.
/pəˌlɪtᵻkəʊˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S. /pəˌlɪdᵻkoʊˈmeɪniə/ A passion for or obsession with politics.
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politico-mania1785
1785 Eng. Rev. 6 349 The Politico-mania, and passion for news, our author alledges are unfavourable to literature.
1882 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 8 Subdivisions, and double subdivisions as extensive as the propensity of the human family to commit crime, to wit: homicidal mania, kleptomania, oikeiomania, suicidal mania, fanatico-mania, politico-mania, etc., etc.
1964 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 29 Aug. 27/1 Anent all the election verbiage, Spouse Ruth reckons it could properly be labeled ‘politicomania’.
1999 E. European Q. (Nexis) 22 Sept. 347 Milewski suggests four political imperatives: (1) ‘To renounce all politico-mania’ (politikomaniia), in particular to refuse to enter into political alliances with other local estates.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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