choreomania

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choreomania

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From choreo- + -mania.

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uncountable Synonym of tarantism (“dance mania; dance epidemic”). In full view of the public, this is the apogee of the choreomania that tormented Strasbourg for a midsummer month in 1518. Also known as the “dancing plague”, it was the most fatal and best documented of the more than ten such contagions which had broken out along the Rhine and Moselle rivers since
Similar: tarantism

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@misc{choreomania_2026,
  title = {choreomania},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/choreomania},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}