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[mey-nee-uh, meyn-yuh] 
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–noun
| 1. | excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer. |
| 2. | Psychiatry. manic disorder. |
Ma⋅ni⋅a
[mey-nee-uh, meyn-yuh] –noun
| an ancient Roman goddess of the dead. |
-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). |
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| ma·ni·a (mā'nē-ə, mān'yə) n.
[Middle English, madness, from Late Latin, from Greek maniā; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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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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Language Translation for : mania
Spanish:
manía,
German:
die Manie,
Japanese:
躁病の
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.
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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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Main Entry: ma·nia
Pronunciation: 'mA-nE-&, -ny&
Function: noun
: excitement of psychotic proportions manifested by mental and physicalhyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood; specifically : the manic phase of bipolar disorder
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mania ma·ni·a (mā'nē-ə, mān'yə)
n.
A manifestation of bipolar disorder characterized by profuse and rapidly changing ideas, exaggerated gaiety, and excessive physical activity.
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mania
in psychiatric terminology, any abnormal or unusual state of excitement, as in the manic phase of bipolar disorder.
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