ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Choreomania

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Choreomania is a noun meaning Synonym of tarantism (“dance mania; dance epidemic”).

Meaning

Synonym of tarantism (“dance mania; dance epidemic”).

Example Sentences

In full view of the public, this is the apogee of the choreomania that tormented Strasbourg for a midsummer month in 1518. Also known as the “dancing plague”, it was the most fatal and best documented of the more than ten such contagions which had broken out along the Rhine and Moselle rivers since 1374.

Synonyms for choreomania

Depending on context, synonyms include tarantism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include choromania, choreoatheosis, choreoathetosis, acronymphomania, hysteromania, chorea.

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