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Meanings of erotomania in English

Russian
эротомания
Portuguese
erotomania
Catalan
erotomania
Spanish
erotomanía
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Subtype of a delusional disorder, characterized by delusions of another person (possibly imaginary) being infatuated with the patient; commonly, the onset is sudden and the course is chronic.

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эротомания
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Usage of erotomania in English
1
The most eminent authority on mental pathology, Professor Krafft-Ebing, says, concerning erotomania:
Primitive Love and Love-Stories
2
Jed is ultimately confined in a mental institution, diagnosed with erotomania.
The Guardian
3
It's not a case of what psychiatrists call psychic onanism, nor is it what they term erotomania.
The book of disquiet