Graphomania

//ˌɡɹæfəˈmeɪni.ə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The compulsion to write. uncountable, usually

    "Wagner’s graphomania is shown not only by the substance, but also by the outward form of his writings."

  2. 2
    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". uncountable, usually

    "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."

Etymology

From grapho- + -mania.

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