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English noun: cacoethes

1. cacoethes (motive) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action


Synonymsmania, passion


Broader (hypernym)irrational motive


Narrower (hyponym)agromania, alcoholism, dipsomania, egomania, kleptomania, logomania, logorrhea, monomania, necromania, necrophilia, necrophilism, phaneromania, possession, potomania, pyromania, trichotillomania









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