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mania
1[ mey-nee-uh, meyn-yuh ]
noun
- excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
The country has a mania for soccer.
- Psychiatry. manic disorder.
Mania
2[ mey-nee-uh, meyn-yuh ]
noun
- an ancient Roman goddess of the dead.
-mania
3- a combining form of mania ( megalomania ); extended to mean “enthusiasm, often of an extreme and transient nature,” for that specified by the initial element ( bibliomania ).
mania
1/ ˈɪɪə /
noun
- a mental disorder characterized by great excitement and occasionally violent behaviour See also manic-depressive
- an obsessional enthusiasm or partiality
a mania for mushrooms
-mania
2combining form
- indicating extreme desire or pleasure of a specified kind or an abnormal excitement aroused by something
kleptomania
pyromania
nymphomania
mania
- Violent, abnormal, or impulsive behavior. In psychological terms, mania is wild activity associated with manic depression.
Notes
Derived Forms
- -maniac, combining_form:in_adjectivecombining_form:in_noun:countable
Other Word Forms
- p·n· noun
- ܲ·n· noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of mania1
Origin of mania2
Example Sentences
Despite the current mania, Clark, the gold market analyst, noted that jewelry owners bringing in old pieces “probably won’t get rich off of it.”
Why it should do so now, in a manner similar to the witch delusions that periodically swept medieval Europe or the Dutch tulip mania, has been much debated.
This particular period of psychotic mania had been triggered by a relationship breakdown.
Netflix acquired “Cobra Kai” around the same time our mania for “Stranger Things” confirmed how lucrative selling reminiscence will always be.
Emma Quinn, 32, has bipolar disorder and has experienced periods of mania accompanied by impulsive and reckless behaviour including spending sprees.
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