empleomania
📖 Definitions
noun
Mania for holding public office.
💬 Usage Examples
“Then it dawned on me that Mr. Yang’s desire to become a scholar-official might not have originated only from empleomania. Driven to despair, he too must have thought of officialdom as the only possible way to live a life different from a futile intellectual’s.” Ha Jin; The Crazed; Vintage; 2007.