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Mania Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mania? [n] an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action [n] a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mania: cacoethes \| manic disorder \| passion Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mania: aberration \| abnormality \| abstraction \| abulia \| alienation \| an universal wolf \| anxiety \| anxiety equivalent \| anxiety state \| apathy \| appetence \| appetency \| appetite \| appetition \| brain damage \| brainsickness \| bug \| catatonic stupor \| clouded mind \| compulsion \| coveting \| craving \| craze \| craziness \| crazy fancy \| daftness \| dejection \| dementedness \| dementia \| depression \| derangement \| desire \| detachment \| disorientation \| distraction \| elation \| emotionalism \| enthusiasm \| euphoria \| fad \| fanaticism \| fancy \| fascination \| fixation \| fixed idea \| folie \| folie du doute \| frenzy \| furor \| furore \| fury \| hangup \| hunger \| hypochondria \| hysteria \| hysterics \| idee fixe \| indifference \| infatuation \| insaneness \| insanity \| insensibility \| irrationality \| itch \| itching \| lethargy \| loss of mind \| loss of reason \| lunacy \| madness \| manic-depressive psychosis \| melancholia \| mental deficiency \| mental derangement \| mental disease \| mental disorder \| mental distress \| mental disturbance \| mental illness \| mental instability \| mental sickness \| mind overthrown \| mindsickness \| obsession \| oddness \| overambitiousness \| overanxiety \| overanxiousness \| overeagerness \| overenthusiasm \| overzealousness \| passion \| pathological indecisiveness \| pixilation \| possession \| preoccupation \| prurience \| pruriency \| psychalgia \| psychomotor disturbance \| queerness \| rabidness \| rage \| reasonlessness \| senselessness \| sexual desire \| shattered mind \| sick mind \| sickness \| strangeness \| stupor \| thing \| thirst \| tic \| twitching \| unbalance \| unbalanced mind \| unresponsiveness \| unsaneness \| unsound mind \| unsoundness \| unsoundness of mind \| urge \| withdrawal \| witlessness \| yearning \| yen \| zealotism \| zealotry See Also \| affective disorder \| agromania \| alcoholism \| craze \| delirium \| dipsomania \| egomania \| emotional disorder \| emotional disturbance \| frenzy \| fury \| hysteria \| irrational motive \| kleptomania \| logomania \| logorrhea \| major affective disorder \| monomania \| necromania \| necrophilia \| necrophilism \| phaneromania \| possession \| potomania \| pyromania \| trichotillomania Mania In Webster's Dictionary \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}.

Mania Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mania?

[n] an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
[n] a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mania: cacoethes | manic disorder | passion

Mania In Webster's Dictionary

\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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