English noun: cacoethes | |||
1. | cacoethes (motive) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | ||
Synonyms | mania, passion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | irrational motive | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | agromania, alcoholism, dipsomania, egomania, kleptomania, logomania, logorrhea, monomania, necromania, necrophilia, necrophilism, phaneromania, possession, potomania, pyromania, trichotillomania | ||