Eleutheromania, or eleutherophilia is "a mania or frantic zeal for freedom".The French Revolution - Page 242, A.H.R. Ball - 2005 The term is sometimes used in a psychological context, likened to a mental disorder, such as John G. Robertson's definition as a mad zeal or irresistible craving for freedom.John Robertson, An Excess of Phobias and Manias, 2003 p 75 However, it is also sometimes used to simply mean a passion for liberty.Liberty - Volumes 235-312 - Page 361, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker - 1970 Individuals espousing these ideals are called eleutheromaniacs.Current Literature - Volume 49 - Page 564, Edward Jewitt Wheeler - 1910 An antonym for the term is eleutherophobia. An individual that fears freedom is an eleutherophobe.
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