Mania

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  • noun. An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire.
  • noun. A manifestation of bipolar disorder, marked usually by high energy, racing thoughts, irritability, and rapid speech.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Any form or phase of insanity with exaltation of spirits and rapidity of mental action; specifically, a psychoneurosis with these as the fundamental features.
  • noun. An eager, uncontrolled, or uncontrollable desire: as, a mania for drink; in colloquial use, a “rage” or craze for something: as, a mania for first editions.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. delirium.
  • noun. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people.
  • noun. madness from drinking; delirium tremens.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
  • noun. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
  • noun. an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
    • Word Usage
    "List mania is at its highest before holiday seasons: summer and winter."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Albania  Germania  Lithuania  Lusitania  Mauritania  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alcoholism  blindness  convulsion  delirium  delusion  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aberration  aberration  abnormality  abstraction  abulia  
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