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1 —as in:
mania surrounding the big event
Definition
extremely strong enthusiasm — often widely shared for something in particular- Election mania is gripping the entire state.
mania = extremely strong enthusiasm
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- World Cup mania has spread across the continent.
- It was the most irrational financial bubble since Tulip Mania.
- The only score we would have been totally happy with would have been 100 to 0. And right there in the middle of it all, in the midst of this perfect season mania, was Stargirl, popping up whenever the ball went through the net, no matter which team scored, cheering everything and everybody.Jerry Spinelli -- Stargirl
- The Admiral knows that claiming responsibility for Emby's absence would play right into the mania that Roland is creating.Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
- But Dad's mania for the machine had carried him beyond the reach of reason.Tara Westover -- Educated
- That mania, to start with, for doing things in private.Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
- His manias make a startling combination.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- He came home with a mania for running.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- My drunkenness is always sad, and when I am thoroughly drunk my mania is to relate all the lugubrious stories which my foolish nurse inculcated into my brain.Alexandre Dumas -- The Three Musketeers
mania = extremely strong enthusiasm
mania = extremely strong enthusiasm
mania = extreme enthusiasm
mania = extreme enthusiasm
mania = enthusiasm so strong it is like a mental disorder
mania = enthusiasm (for something) that is so strong it is like a mental disorder
manias = extremely strong enthusiasms for particular things
mania = extreme enthusiasm
mania = extreme enthusiasm
2 —as in:
the mania of manic depression
Definition
a mood disorder characterized by excitement, rapidly changing ideas, and overactivity- Borderline personality disorder might appear while someone is experiencing an episode of major depression or mania, only to disappear shortly thereafter.
mania = a mood disorder characterized by excitement, rapidly changing ideas, and overactivity
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Impulsive acts accompanying mania often lead to problems.
- As December progressed, the Bird's mania deepened.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- And it reads like rage growing to mania!H.G. Wells -- The Invisible Man
- I reached for some explanation and strange words came to mind, words I'd learned only minutes before: paranoia, mania, delusions of grandeur and persecution.Tara Westover -- Educated
- He said in the famous "acid" tone that Counsel knew so well: "Do I understand you to assert that women are not subject to homicidal mania?"Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None
- I was sitting in Psychology 101 when the professor read the symptoms aloud from the overhead screen: depression, mania, paranoia, euphoria, delusions of grandeur and persecution.Tara Westover -- Educated
- Armstrong said: "And the motive?"
"Religious mania. What do you say, doctor?"Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None - "Religious mania, that's the ticket...."
"It's crazy-everything's crazy."Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None - Religious mania-thinks she's God's instrument, something of that kind!Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None
mania = a mood disorder characterized by excitement and rapidly changing ideas
mania = mood disorder characterized by excitement
mania = mood disorder characterized by excitement
mania = a mood disorder characterized by excitement
mania = a mood disorder characterized by excitement
mania = a mood disorder characterized by excitement
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