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Graphomania (from Greek ''γραφειν'' — writing,〔(Graphic, etymology ) Etymologyonline.com〕 and μανία — insanity), also known as scribomania, refers to an obsessive impulse to write.〔(Graphomania ) Medicine world〕〔(Scribomania, Everything 2, 2007-04-21 )〕 When used in a specifically psychiatric context, it labels a morbid mental condition which results in writing rambling and confused statements, often degenerating into a meaningless succession of words or even nonsense and called then graphorrhea〔Drever J., (1954), ''A Dictionary of Psychology'', Harmondsworth: Penguin Books〕 (cf. hypergraphia). The term 'graphomania' has been used in early 19th century by Esquirol and later by Eugen Bleuler, becoming more or less usual 〔''"The habit of excessive writing, of explaining, amplifying, and reiterating, of letter making and pamphleteering, forms a morbid symptom of known as “graphomania.” Some men may overload their natural tendency to write, but a certain class of lunatics use nearly all their mental activities in this occupation, to the endless annoyance of their friends, relatives and physicians."''(“Bryan’s Mental Condition:” One Psychiatrist’s View ) Source: New York Times, 27 September 1896.〕 Graphomania is near condition to typomania - obsessiveness with seeing one's name in publication or with writing for being published, excessive symbolism or typology.〔(Typomania, definition )〕 Outside the psychiatric definitions of graphomania and related conditions, the word is used more broadly to label the urge and need to write excessively, whether professional or not. Max Nordau, in his attack to what he saw as degenerate art, frequently used the term 'graphomania' to label the production of the artists he condemned (most notably Richard Wagner〔Nordau M., ''Degeneration'': "We will take a closer view of the graphomaniac Wagner.. He displays in the general constitution of his mind ... all the signs of graphomania, namely, incoherence, fugitive ideation, and a tendency to idiotic punning." p171-2; London: Heinemann. 1895 ()〕 or the French symbolist poets 〔) Milan Kundera ironically explains proliferation of non-professional writing as follows: == See also == * Logorrhea *Hypergraphia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graphomania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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