Definition of cacoethes Cacoethes
cac•o•e•thes
We found 7 definitions of cacoethes from 5 different sources.
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What does cacoethes mean?
WordNet
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| cacoethes - an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | ||
| mania, passion | ||
| irrational motive a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic | ||
| agromania an intense desire to be alone or out in the open | ||
| dipsomania, potomania, alcoholism an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | ||
| egomania an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs | ||
| kleptomania an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive | ||
| logomania, logorrhea pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking | ||
| monomania, possession a mania restricted to one thing or idea | ||
| necromania, necrophilia, necrophilism an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | ||
| phaneromania an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting) | ||
| pyromania an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cacoethes (Noun)
compulsion; mania. - cacoethes (Noun)
A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cacoethes (n.)
A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, "The itch for writing". - cacoethes (n.)
A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cacoethes
kak-o-ē′thēz, n. an obstinate habit or disposition. [Gr. kakos, bad, ēthos, habit.]
Part of speech
🔤- cacoethes, noun, singular of cacoetheses / cacoethesses.
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