mania

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 ).

noun

a mental disorder characterized by great excitement and occasionally violent behaviour See also manic-depressive

combining form

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

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

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Derived Forms

• -maniac, combining_form:in_adjective combining_form:in_noun:countable

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Word History and Origins

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin, from Greek manía “madness”; akin to maenad, mind

Word History and Origins

Example Sentences

Mariachis provided the soundtrack as the City went mad with Fernando-mania.

Hours after these reports, one of which I published, the mania was in full swing.

Given the hoops mania, though, the gym is the largest in the state, capable of holding 3,000-plus rabid fans.

If you want to predict trends in America, whether in politics or products, World Cup mania should serve as a wake-up call.

The more important smell test is one of tone: that cocktail of cleverness, warmth, and mania that marked the Henson years.

This mania for correction shows itself too in relation to the authorities themselves.

Of the railway mania period I have spoken in a previous chapter.

The very next day he burst in upon me in a state of bliss bordering on mania.

When one considers a phenomenon of such range and intensity, it does not suffice to employ words like infatuation, fashion, mania.

At this period in his life it was a kind of mania to declare himself quite incapable in certain branches of his art.