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Noun
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Here are two real-life examples of this cycle of erotomania.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2024 -
This eccentric delusion is clinically recognized as erotomania.—
Eric Taipale,
Discover Magazine,
14 Oct. 2022
Noun
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At the risk of annoying T.J. Clark by seeming to concentrate on the regions below the belt, one is obliged to observe that Picasso suffered from, or exulted in, a bad case of satyriasis that continued well into old age.—
John Banville,
The New Republic,
16 Nov. 2021
Noun
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Vandalism and lechery are among the milder affronts that occur on Winifred’s watch, and her narration, though sombre, sparkles.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Harper is under siege by multiple manifestations of toxic masculinity—lechery, neediness, condescension, even Geoffrey’s uncomfortable banter.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2022
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