# mermaidism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The condition of being a mermaid.
2. A love of or obsession with mermaid lore and paraphernalia.
3. The belief in mermaids as real creatures.
4. Synonym of sirenomelia.
5. The condition of being partly one thing and partly another; hybridism.

## Etymology
From mermaid + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mermaidism