mania (ˈmeɪnɪə
)
Definitions
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
Word Origin
C14: via Late Latin from Greek: madnessSynonyms
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obsession,
passion,
thing,
desire,
rage,
enthusiasm,
craving,
preoccupation,
craze,
fad,
fetish,
fixation,
partiality,
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madness,
disorder,
frenzy,
insanity,
dementia,
aberration,
lunacy,
delirium,
craziness,
derangement,
-mania
Definitions
combining form in countable noun
- indicating extreme desire or pleasure of a specified kind or an abnormal excitement aroused by something ⇒
kleptomania
nymphomania
pyromania
Alternative Forms
-maniac combining form in adjective combining form in countable nounWord Origin
from maniaTranslations
- British English:
mania
If you say that a person or group has a mania for something, you mean that they enjoy it very much or devote a lot of time to it.He described himself as having a mania for privacy.ˈmeɪnɪə NOUN He described himself as having a mania for privacy.
- Spanish:
manía
nf
- French:
manie
nf
- German:
Manie
nf
- Chinese: 颠狂 n
- Arabic: هَوَس n
- Portuguese: mania nf
- Russian: мания nf
- Croatian: manija nf
- Czech: mánie nf
- Danish: mani nutr
- Dutch: manie nf
- Finnish: mania n
- Greek: μανία nf
- Italian: mania nf
- Japanese: ･･･熱 n
- Korean: 광적인 열중 n
- Norwegian: mani nm
- Polish: obłęd nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: mania nf
- European Spanish:
manía
nf
- Swedish: mani nutr
- Thai: ความคลั่งไคล้ n
- Turkish: çılgınlık n
- Vietnamese: sự đam mê n
Usage examples
It was the exact opposite of our bedroom back at home -- Marianne has a mania for tidiness.
, THE EXECUTION (2002)Pixies Pixies release brand new song Pixies close off four-night stand Pixies play'best ever ' London show Pixies mania in London!
NME (New Musical Express) (2004)THE NEW book has finally arrived and Harry Potter mania was sweeping through Ottawa yesterday with the speed of a wizard on a broom.
Ottawa Sun (2003)Mini mania is sweeping America with 50,000 people a week logging on to the car's website.
Sun, News of the World (2002)The Internet stock mania during the late 1990s was like the frenzy on the dance floor at the end of a wedding party.
, DOT.CON (2001)