Word

cacoethes, n.

an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
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cacoethes mania passion

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

irrational motive

hyponym

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