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Pyg.ma.lion.ism n [L, fr. Gk PygmaliOn : a king of Cyprus who makes a female figure of ivory that is brought to life for him by Aphrodite] The condition of loving a statue, image, or inanimate object; love for an object of one's own making.

This week's theme: eponyms.

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