All 5 Uses of
mania
in
Dracula
- It almost seems as though the captain had been seized with some kind of mania before he had got well into blue water, and that this had developed persistently throughout the voyage.
p. 91.9 *mania = a mood disorder characterized by excitement, rapidly changing ideas, and overactivity
- The attendant thinks it is some sudden form of religious mania which has seized him.
p. 111.2mania = enthusiasm so strong it is like a mental disorder
- If so, we must look out for squalls, for a strong man with homicidal and religious mania at once might be dangerous.
p. 111.2
- It looks like religious mania, and he will soon think that he himself is God.
p. 111.4
- His manias make a startling combination.
p. 113.5 *manias = extremely strong enthusiasms for particular things
Definitions:
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(1)
(mania as in: mania surrounding the big event) extremely strong enthusiasm -- often widely shared for something in particular
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(2)
(mania as in: the mania of manic depression) a mood disorder characterized by excitement, rapidly changing ideas, and overactivity