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cacoethes > noun, motive
MeaningAn irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
Synonymsmania, passion
Broaderirrational motive
Narroweragromania; dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania; egomania; kleptomania; logorrhea, logomania; monomania, possession; necrophilia, necrophilism, necromania; phaneromania; pyromania; trichotillomania

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