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mania

noun
/ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder. Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)der. Latin maniabor. English mania Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

  1. derived from μανία
  2. borrowed from mania

Definitions

  1. Violent derangement of mind

    Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.

  2. Excessive or unreasonable desire

    Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.

    • One of the manias of the present day, which especially excites my spleen, is the locomotive rage which seems to possess all ranks—that necessity of going out of town in the summer...

  3. The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The goddess of the dead and ghosts.

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Derived

antimania, charismania, Cumbermania, dancing mania, gourmania, hypermania, Illyromania, logomania, -mania, mania-like, maniaphobe, maniaphobia, Monkmania, monomania, opiomania, supermania, tulip mania, Wikimania

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mania. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA