graphomania

Definitions

1. The compulsion to write.
   uncountable, usually
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

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Examples

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

“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.”

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