- a disorder characterized by euphoria and excitement
See also manic-depressive - an obsessional enthusiasm or partiality
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ma•ni•a /ˈmeɪniə, ˈmeɪnyə/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ni•as.
-mania, suffix.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- excitement for something;
craze: [countable]a mania for rock stars.[uncountable]car mania. - Psychiatry[uncountable] a mental illness in which the victim suffers from over-excitedness, too much activity and talkativeness, and confused judgment.
-mania, suffix.
- -mania is attached to roots to form nouns with the meaning "great or strong enthusiasm for (the element of the root)'':biblio- (= book) + -mania → bibliomania (= excessive or strong interest in or enthusiasm for books).
ma•ni•a
(mā′nē ə, mān′yə),USA pronunciation n.
Ma•ni•a (mā′nē ə, mān′yə),USA pronunciation n.
-mania,
- excessive excitement or enthusiasm;
craze:The country has a mania for soccer. - PsychiatrySee manic disorder.
- Greek manía madness; akin to maenad, mind
- Latin
- Middle English 1350–1400
Ma•ni•a (mā′nē ə, mān′yə),USA pronunciation n.
- Mythologyan ancient Roman goddess of the dead.
-mania,
- a combining form of mania (megalomania);
extended to mean "enthusiasm, often of an extreme and transient nature,'' for that specified by the initial element (bibliomania).
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mania /ˈmeɪnɪə/ n
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-mania n combining form
- indicating extreme desire or pleasure of a specified kind or an abnormal excitement aroused by something: kleptomania, nymphomania, pyromania
'mania' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
affective disorder
- balletomania
- bipolar disorder
- cacoethes
- decalcomania
- dipsomania
- kleptocracy
- kleptomania
- lithium carbonate
- -mania
- maniac
- maniacal
- manic
- nymphomania
- Smart
- agromania
- amnesiac
- Anglomania
- antimanic
- antipsychotic
- balletomane
- bibliomania
- cleptomania
- craze
- egomania
- erotomania
- euphoria
- frenzy
- furor
- hypomania
- idolatry
- insanity
- lithium
- loosening of associations
- lunacy
- mantis
- megalomania
- mind
- monomania
- mythomania
- narcomania
- nostomania
- oniomania
- phyllomania
- pyromania
- tarantism
- theomania
- trichotillomania
- tulipomania
- sitomania