Empiromania

An obsessive, extreme version of empirification, where empirical evidence is treated as the only legitimate form of evidence, and any appeal to reason, intuition, or testimony is dismissed as “unscientific.” Empiromania is common in hard‑narrow scientism and some medical research communities. It leads to paradoxes: the claim that “only empirical evidence counts” cannot be empirically proven, so it must be false by its own standard. Critics argue that empiromania is a form of intellectual self‑harm, crippling the ability to reason about values, logic, and even science itself.

Empiromania Example: “The empiromaniac refused to believe that the earth orbits the sun until he saw it from space. He dismissed centuries of mathematical reasoning and inference. He was still waiting.”

Empiromania by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal June 6, 2026

Enviromaniac 

A person who takes their love and appreciation for the environment to extreme protest and application.

If the enviromaniacs have it their way, we'll all be living in trees and taking staycations forever.

Enviromaniac by If at All Band October 9, 2008

emailomaniac 

That person who keeps sending me really annoying emails.

If that emailomaniac sends me one more send-this-to-ten-people-or-else email, I am going to refuse to share my Nigerian lottery winnings with him.

emailomaniac by Lynn and Hello August 25, 2008