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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/ ˈ³¾±ðɪ²Ôɪə /
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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mania1
Origin of mania2
Example Sentences
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.
Foreman theater answered this call by creating dreamscapes that eluded our intellect’s mania for control.
It may take a long time, but eventually, even this mania will likely pass.
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