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ma·ni·a

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–noun

1.	excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer.

2.	Psychiatry. manic disorder.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L < Gk manía madness; akin to maenad, mind

]

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Ma·ni·a

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–noun

an ancient Roman goddess of the dead.

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n.

An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire; a craze: a mania for neatness.
Psychiatry A manifestation of bipolar disorder, characterized by profuse and rapidly changing ideas, exaggerated sexuality, gaiety, or irritability, and decreased sleep.
Violent abnormal behavior. See Synonyms at insanity.

[Middle English, madness, from Late Latin, from Greek maniā; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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mania

c.1400, "mental derangement characterized by excitement and delusion," from L.L. mania "insanity, madness," from Gk. mania "madness," related to mainesthai "to rage, go mad," mantis "seer," menos "passion, spirit," all from PIE *men- "to think, to have one's mind aroused, rage, be furious" (see mind (n.)). Sense of "fad, craze" is 1689, from Fr. manie. Used since 1500s (in imitation of Gk.) as the second element in compounds expressing particular types of madness (cf. nymphomania, 1775; kleptomania, 1830; megalomania, 1890).

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mania
noun
1.	an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
2.	a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

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mania1 [ˈmeiniə] noun

a form of mental illness in which the sufferer is over-active, over-excited, and unreasonably happy

Arabic:	مَرَض الجُنون
Chinese (Simplified):	狂躁
Chinese (Traditional):	狂躁
Czech:	mánie
Danish:	mani
Dutch:	manie
Estonian:	maania
Finnish:	mania
French:	manie
German:	die Manie
Greek:	μανία
Hungarian:	őrjöngés, téboly
Icelandic:	oflæti, manía
Indonesian:	gila, mania
Italian:	mania

Japanese:	躁病の
Korean:	조병(躁病)
Latvian:	mānija
Lithuanian:	manija
Norwegian:	vanvidd, mani
Polish:	szaleństwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	mania
Portuguese (Portugal):	mania
Romanian:	manie
Russian:	маниакальный синдром
Slovak:	mánia
Slovenian:	manija
Spanish:	manía
Swedish:	mani
Turkish:	cinnet, mani

mania2 [ˈmeiniə] noun

an unreasonable enthusiasm for something
Example: He has a mania for fast cars.

Arabic:	هَوَس، مَيْل مُفْرِط
Chinese (Simplified):	狂热
Chinese (Traditional):	狂熱
Czech:	mánie
Danish:	mani
Dutch:	manie
Estonian:	hullus
Finnish:	vimma
French:	manie
German:	der Fimmel
Greek:	μανία, πάθος
Hungarian:	mánia
Icelandic:	-æði, —della
Indonesian:	tergila-gila
Italian:	mania

Japanese:	熱狂的愛好
Korean:	열광
Latvian:	aizraušanās; apsēstība
Lithuanian:	nenormalus potraukis, silpnybė
Norwegian:	mani
Polish:	mania, słabość
Portuguese (Brazil):	mania
Portuguese (Portugal):	mania
Romanian:	manie
Russian:	мания
Slovak:	mánia
Slovenian:	strast
Spanish:	manía, obsesión
Swedish:	mani, dille
Turkish:	aşırı düşkünlük

See also: maniac, manic

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mania [(may-nee-uh)]

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

Note: A “mania” in popular terms is an intense enthusiasm or craze.

[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology

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-mania
suff.

An abnormal compulsion or an extreme love for: pyromania.

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ma·ni·a (mn-, mny)
n.

A manifestation of bipolar disorder characterized by profuse and rapidly changing ideas, exaggerated gaiety, and excessive physical activity.

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Main Entry: ma·nia
Pronunciation: 'mA-nE-&, -ny&
Function: noun
: excitement of psychotic proportions manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood; specifically : the manic phase of bipolar disorder

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Mania

In*san"i*ty\, n. [L. insanitas unsoundness; cf. insania insanity, F. insanite.]

1. The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.

All power of fancy overreason is a degree of insanity. --Johnson.

Without grace The heart's insanity admits no cure. --Cowper.

2. (Law) Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility.

Syn: Syn>- Insanity, Lunacy, Madness, Derangement, Aliention, Aberration, Mania, Delirium, Frenzy, Monomania, Dementia.

Usage: Insanity is the generic term for all such diseases; lunacy has now an equal extent of meaning, though once used to denote periodical insanity; madness has the same extent, though originally referring to the rage created by the disease; derangement, alienation, are popular terms for insanity; delirium, mania, and frenzy denote excited states of the disease; dementia denotes the loss of mental power by this means; monomania is insanity upon a single subject.

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Mania

Ma"ni*a\, n. [L. mania, Gr. ?, fr. ? to rage; cf. OE. manie, F. manie. Cf. Mind, n., Necromancy.]

1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.

2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania.

Mania a potu [L.], madness from drinking; delirium tremens.

Syn: Insanity; derangement; madness; lunacy; alienation; aberration; delirium; frenzy. See Insanity.

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Ma"ni*ac\, a. [F. maniaque. See Mania.] Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.

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Mania

Ma`nie"\, n. [F. See Mania.] Mania; insanity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Mania

Nec"ro*man`cy\, n. [OE. nigromaunce, nigromancie, OF. nigromance, F. n['e]cromance, n['e]cromancie, from L. necromantia, Gr. ?; ? a dead body (akin to L. necare to kill, Skr. na(?) to perish, vanish) + ? divination, fr. ? diviner, seer, akin to E. mania. See Mania, and cf. Internecine, Noxious. The old spelling is due to confusion with L. niger black. Hence the name black art.] The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art.

This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy plac[`e]d there. --Drayton.

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Mania

I`co*no*ma"ni*a\, n. [NL. See Icon, and Mania.] A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects of devotion, bric-a-brac, or curios.

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Mania

Tox`i*co*ma"ni*a\, n. [See. Toxic, and Mania.]

1. (Med.) Toxiphobia. --A. S. Taylor.

2. (Med.) An insane desire for intoxicating or poisonous drugs, as alcohol or opium. --B. W. Richardson.

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Mania

Ty`pho*ma"ni*a\, n. [NL. See Typhus, and Mania.] (Med.) A low delirium common in typhus fever.