Cacoethes (nonfiction)

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Cacoethes (or cacoëthes) is an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.

The term is derived from a line in the Satires of Juvenal: Tenet insanabile multos scribendi cacoethes, or "the incurable desire (or itch) for writing affects many".

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