Mania Definition
mānē-ə, mānyə
noun
An excessive, persistent enthusiasm, liking, craving, or interest; obsession; craze.
A mania for dancing.
Webster's New World
Wild or violent mental disorder; specif., the manic phase of bipolar affective disorder, characterized generally by abnormal excitability, exaggerated feelings of well-being, flight of ideas, excessive activity, etc.
Webster's New World
suffix
An exaggerated desire or enthusiasm for.
Balletomania.
American Heritage
Used to form a word indicating a compulsion or obsession.
Wiktionary
affix
A (specified) type of mental disorder characterized by an abnormal preoccupation, compulsion, etc.
Pyromania.
Webster's New World
A continuing, intense enthusiasm, craving, or liking for (a specified thing)
Bibliomania.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Mania
Noun
Singular:
mania
Plural:
maniasOrigin of Mania
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Middle English madness from Late Latin from Greek maniā men-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin Mania, related to manes (“spirits of the dead”).
From Wiktionary
From mania
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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see mania
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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