mania (Meaning)
mania (n)
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
mania (n.)
Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.
Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania.
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FAQs About the word mania
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action, a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and someti
madness, hysteria, schizophrenia,dementia, insanity, delusion, aberration, psychosis, paranoia, neurosis
mind, sanity, rationality, lucidity, lucidity, rationality,sanity, mind, soundness, soundness
The gambler's mania led him to risk his entire fortune on a single hand.
His obsession with collecting stamps had become a full-blown mania.
The hiker's mania for reaching the summit pushed her to the brink of exhaustion.
Her mania for perfection drove her to spend hours on even the smallest tasks.
