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theomania
[ thee-oh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]
noun
- a delusional mental illness in which a person believes that they are to be God or specially chosen by God, as to found a religious order.
theomania
/ ˌθɪəˈ³¾±ðɪ²Ôɪə /
noun
- religious madness, esp when it takes the form of believing oneself to be a god
Derived Forms
- ËŒ³Ù³ó±ð´Çˈ³¾²¹²Ô¾±ËŒ²¹³¦, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù³ó±ð·´Ç·³¾²¹Â·²Ô¾±Â·²¹³¦ [thee-oh-, mey, -nee-ak], noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of theomania1
Example Sentences
Dæmonomania differs widely from the mental disease called Theomania.
Theomania, thÄ“-Å-mÄ′ni-a, n. a madman's belief that he himself is God, or that God dwells in him.—n.
TheomÄ′niac, one who shows theomania.
It seems evident, then, that all the phenomena of animal magnetism have been from an early period known to mankind under the various forms of divinatory ecstasy, demonopathy or witchmania, theomania, or fanatical religious excitation, spontaneous catalepsy, and somnambulism.
It is plain, however, that the theopaths, as James calls them, or victims of theomania, to use the French phrase, will be of importance in this analysis because of the equivocal character of the emotions felt in cases of religious delusion.
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