What is eleutheromania?

Eleutheromania, or eleutherophilia is "a mania or frantic zeal for freedom".¹ Some usages of the term make it sound like it could be used in a medical context with a hint of an irrational disorder, such as John G Robertson's definition that described it as a mad zeal or irresistible craving for freedom.² However other usages assign to the term normal human emotional responses such as a mere passion for liberty.³ Individuals with this condition are called eleutheromaniacs.⁴ An antonym for the term is eleutherophobia. An individual that fears freedom is an eleutherophobe.⁵

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Footnotes

1. The French Revolution - Page 242, A.H.R. Ball - 2005 ↩

2. John Robertson, An Excess of Phobias and Manias, 2003 p 75 ↩

3. Liberty - Volumes 235-312 - Page 361, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker - 1970 ↩

4. Current Literature - Volume 49 - Page 564, Edward Jewitt Wheeler - 1910 ↩

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