Agromania
/aɡɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An intense interest in agriculture. uncountable
"These were the years of agromania, the efflorescence of interest in all aspects of the rural economy – a passion that was easy to caricature but that betrayed a genuine shift in notions of political economy and priorities and values as well as in loftier and more superficial forms of sensibility."
- 2 an intense desire to be alone or out in the open wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"These were the years of agromania, the efflorescence of interest in all aspects of the rural economy – a passion that was easy to caricature but that betrayed a genuine shift in notions of political economy and priorities and values as well as in loftier and more superficial forms of sensibility."
Etymology
From agro- + -mania.