Advertisement
Advertisement
View synonyms for mania
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/ ˈmeɪnɪə /
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.
Discover More
Notes
A “mania” in popular terms is an intense enthusiasm or craze.
Discover More
Derived Forms
- -maniac, combining_form:in_adjectivecombining_form:in_noun:countable
Discover More
Other Words From
- hyper·mani·a noun
- sub·mani·a noun
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of mania1
C14: via Late Latin from Greek: madness
Origin of mania2
from mania
Advertisement
Discover More
Related Words
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse