Graphomania
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɡɹæfəˈmeɪni.ə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Graphomania is a noun meaning The compulsion to write.
Meaning
The compulsion to write.
More Meanings
- (art) Used as part of the name of various surrealist techniques, e.g., a method in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots; see "Entoptic graphomania".
Example Sentences
Wagner’s graphomania is shown not only by the substance, but also by the outward form of his writings.
A devoted explorer of decalcomania, fumage, frottage, collage and other methods of pictorial automatism, Colquhoun invented several magic-inspired techniques of her own, including graphomania, stillomania, and parsemage.
Word Forms
- graphomanias
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hypergraphia, logomania, graphorrhoea, graphorrhea, mythomania, phagomania.
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