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mania

1

[ mey-nee-uh, meyn-yuh ]

noun

  1. excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:

    The country has a mania for soccer.

  2. Psychiatry. manic disorder.


Mania

2

[ mey-nee-uh, meyn-yuh ]

noun

  1. an ancient Roman goddess of the dead.

-mania

3
  1. 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

/ ˈ³¾±ðɪ²Ôɪə /

noun

  1. a mental disorder characterized by great excitement and occasionally violent behaviour See also manic-depressive
  2. an obsessional enthusiasm or partiality

    a mania for mushrooms

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-mania

2

combining form

  1. indicating extreme desire or pleasure of a specified kind or an abnormal excitement aroused by something

    kleptomania

    pyromania

    nymphomania

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mania

  1. Violent, abnormal, or impulsive behavior. In psychological terms, mania is wild activity associated with manic depression.
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Notes

A “mania†in popular terms is an intense enthusiasm or craze.
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Derived Forms

  • -maniac, combining_form:in_adjectivecombining_form:in_noun:countable
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Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From

  • ³ó²âp±ð°ù·³¾²¹î€ƒn¾±Â·²¹ noun
  • ²õ³Ü²ú·³¾²¹î€ƒn¾±Â·²¹ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mania1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin, from Greek ³¾²¹²Ôí²¹ “madnessâ€; akin to maenad, mind
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mania1

C14: via Late Latin from Greek: madness

Origin of mania2

from mania
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This particular period of psychotic mania had been triggered by a relationship breakdown.

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Foreman theater answered this call by creating dreamscapes that eluded our intellect’s mania for control.

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