- cacodemonia
- caco·de·mo·nia .kak-ə-dē-'mō-nē-ə or caco·de·mo·no·ma·nia -.dē-mə-nō-'mā-nē-ə n insanity in which the patient has the delusion of being possessed by an evil spirit
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cacodemonia
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cacodemonia — n. craziness, insanity … English contemporary dictionary
cacodemonia — caco·de·mo·nia … English syllables
cacodemonia — … Useful english dictionary
Cacodemon — Tychodaimon, the opposite of the Kakodaimon A cacodemon (or cacodaemon) is an evil spirit or (in the modern sense of the word) a demon. The opposite of a cacodemon is an agathodaemon or eudaemon, a good spirit or angel. The word cacodemon comes… … Wikipedia
cacodemonomania — noun The pathological belief that one is inhabited, or possessed, by an evil spirit or entity. Syn: cacodemonia, cacodemomania … Wiktionary
cacodemon — n. evil spirit. ♦ cacodemonia, ♦ cacodemonomania, n. insanity in which patients believe themselves to be possessed by evil spirit. ♦ cacodemoniac, a … Dictionary of difficult words
cacodaemon — n. evil spirit. ♦ cacodemonia, ♦ cacodemonomania, n. insanity in which patients believe themselves to be possessed by evil spirit. ♦ cacodemoniac, a … Dictionary of difficult words
cacodemonomania — noun see cacodemonia … Useful english dictionary
cac|o|de|mo|ni|a — «KAK uh duh MOH nee uh», noun. 1. possession by an evil spirit. 2. the delusion that one is possessed by an evil spirit. ╂[< New Latin cacodemonia < Greek kakodaímōn; see etym. under cacodemon (Cf. ↑cacodemon)] … Useful english dictionary
