Dopaminism

Also Dopaminergic Thought, A secular neuroscientist religion that treats the neurotransmitter dopamine as the explanatory key to human motivation, reward, addiction, creativity, and even political orientation. Dopaminergic thought holds that “dopamine drives all seeking behavior,” that creative people have “dopaminergic personality,” and that politics can be reduced to dopamine receptor density. It is a reductionist fad that ignores that dopamine’s role is complex, context‑dependent, and interacts with other neurotransmitters and with social factors. Critics call it “neuro‑phrenology.”

Dopaminism Example: “The dopaminergic thinker explained a protest movement as ‘dopamine‑seeking thrill behavior,’ ignoring the real grievances and organizing work. His reductionism erased politics in favor of chemistry.”

Dopaminism by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal June 5, 2026

Dominism 

Any combination of two or more words to create a single more efficent and better word with a possible new definition that breaks literary rules and comprehension. And Dominic's wife cant handle it.

LEANNE: HEY DOM, CAN YOU GO TO THE STORE TO GET SOME GLUTEN FREE CRACKERS?

DOMINIC: SURE, I WILL PICK SOME GLEEKERS UP FOR YOU!

LEANNE: HUH?

DOMINIC: BECAUSE IM SO HAPPY TO STOP WATCHING FOOTBALL TO GO DRIVE IN A SNOWSTORM TO PICK UP CRACKERS IT FILLS ME WITH GLEE.

LEANNE: ANOTHER DOMINISM. SO DUMB..

DOMINIC: SOMB.

Dominism by Escobar depablo May 10, 2018

Dopamining 

Trippin' (or getting high) on things that give a rush of dopamine (scrolling, searching, or scopin').

Marco spent all of Friday night opening tabs in his browser and then opening the fridge for snacks. Dopamining turned him into a nervous wreck.

Dopamining by PORCU5 November 22, 2019

dopaminic

dopaminic (adj.)
Something that hits that part of your brain that immediately wants more of it. Not just enjoyable — specifically the kind of thing that feels almost chemically engineered to keep you coming back. A dopaminic thing doesn't have to be good. It just has to ping.

"TikTok is dopaminic in the worst possible way. I picked up my phone to check the time and woke up 40 minutes later."

"He quit his meaningful job for the dopaminic one. Makes way more money. Hates every second."

dopaminic by AH_Words May 29, 2026

Dopaminification

The reductive practice of explaining complex human experiences—love, creativity, political beliefs, spiritual ecstasy—as mere dopamine release. It reduces motivation to “reward seeking,” art to “pattern recognition pleasure,” and social bonding to “oxytocin‑dopamine loops.” Common in pop‑neuroscience and reductionist online forums, dopaminification ignores that neurotransmitters have multiple functions, interact with other chemicals, and are embedded in meaningful contexts. It is a form of neuro‑phrenology: mapping every mental state onto a single molecule. Critics argue that if everything is dopamine, then the claim “dopaminification is true” is also just a dopamine spike—self‑refuting.

Dopaminification Example: “He dopaminified her joy at seeing a sunset as ‘just a dopamine hit from unexpected reward,’ ignoring aesthetic experience, memory, and the cultural meaning of beauty.”

Dopaminification by Abzugal June 5, 2026

Dopaminomania

A variant of Neuromania where dopamine becomes the master explanatory key for all human behavior, thought, and feeling. Dopaminomania holds that political orientation, religious belief, artistic taste, and even philosophical positions can be reduced to individual differences in dopamine receptor density or tonic/phasic release. It is common in evolutionary psychology and “neuro‑libertarian” circles. Critics argue it is a secular replacement for demonology: instead of evil spirits, we have dopamine imbalances. It also ignores that dopamine's role is highly context‑dependent and that correlation does not imply causation.

Dopaminomania Example: “The dopaminomaniac claimed that ‘conservatives have more dopamine receptors,’ ignoring decades of political science research on socialization, material interests, and historical context. His molecule explained nothing.”

Dopaminomania by Abzugal June 5, 2026