amenomania

amenomania

a mania for pleasing delusions.
See also: Manias, Pleasure
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This partial insanity can be attended with distress, in which case it is called "hypochondriasis" or with pleasure or absence of distress, and in this case it is called "melancholia" or "amenomania".