Both Uses of
mania
in
Divergent, by Veronica Roth
- Today the crowd has a new kind of energy, a last day mania.
p. 6.3 *mania = extreme enthusiasm
- A look I can only describe as Dauntless mania enters his eyes, but rather than recoil from it, as I might have a few weeks ago, I catch it, like it's contagious.
p. 211.0mania = enthusiasm so strong it might be thought of as a mental disorder
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