"mania" meaning in English

See mania in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ˈmɛjnɪjə/ [British, Southern, Standard], /ˈmæɪ.ni.ə/ [Australia, New-Zealand], /ˈme.ne.ə/ [Scotland], /-nɪ-/ [Scotland], /-ni-/ [Scotland], /ˈmeːni.ə/ [Wales] (note: without the pane–pain merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mania.wav [Southern-England] Forms: manias [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniə 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 -ῐ́ᾱ f (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)der. Latin maniabor. English mania Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|la:mania|tree=1}} 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 -ῐ́ᾱ f (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)der. Latin maniabor. English mania [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to be mad", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "think", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*men-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mn̥yétor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*məňňómai", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μαίνομαι", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "g" : "f", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-i-eh₂", "id" : "i-extension", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μᾰνῐ́ᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mania", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mania", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="mania">, {{bor+|en|la|mania}} Borrowed from Latin mania, {{der|en|grc|μανία||madness}} Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mania (countable and uncountable, plural manias)
  1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mania-en-noun-DbdCM6by
  2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (an excessive enthusiasm or desire; an obsession): λύσσα (lússa) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), մոլուցք (molucʻkʻ) (Armenian), мания (manija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mania [feminine] (Catalan), 躁狂癥 /躁狂症 (zàokuángzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), mani [common-gender] (Danish), manie [feminine] (Dutch), mania (Finnish), vimma (Finnish), manie [feminine] (French), teima [feminine] (Galician), Manie [feminine] (German), μανία (manía) [feminine] (Greek), mania [feminine] (Italian), 躁病 (sōbyō) (alt: そうびょう) (Japanese), mani [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mani [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Wonsenn [masculine] (Plautdietsch), mania [feminine] (Polish), insanidade [feminine] (Portuguese), mânie (Romanian), ма́ния (mánija) [feminine] (Russian), manìa [feminine] (Sicilian), manía [feminine] (Spanish), mani [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (excessive desire): мания (manija) (Bulgarian), mania [feminine] (Catalan), 狂熱 /狂热 (kuángrè) (Chinese Mandarin), manie [feminine] (Dutch), mania (Finnish), teima [feminine] (Galician), manía [feminine] (Galician), Manie [feminine] (German), Fimmel [masculine] (German), μανία (manía) [feminine] (Greek), mánia (Hungarian), szenvedély (Hungarian), imádat (Hungarian), fanatizmus (Hungarian), mania [feminine] (Italian), mani [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mani [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mania [feminine] (Polish), mania [feminine] (Portuguese), manìa (Sicilian), manía [feminine] (Spanish), vurm [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mania-en-noun-xAFBDeyj Disambiguation of 'an excessive enthusiasm or desire; an obsession': 8 87 5 Disambiguation of 'excessive desire': 5 92 3
  3. (psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels): mania (Finnish), mania [feminine] (Polish), manìa (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-mania-en-noun-aXubMz9E Categories (other): Psychiatry, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Emotions, Manias Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 11 12 78 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 10 13 76 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 88 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 13 76 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 6 6 44 8 7 5 23 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 6 6 46 8 5 29 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 5 6 41 9 7 7 5 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 20 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 13 18 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 15 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 14 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 5 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 16 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 15 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 15 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 14 15 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 15 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 11 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 13 13 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 12 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 12 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 13 12 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 15 16 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 5 5 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 3 3 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 17 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 14 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 13 12 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 12 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 13 12 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 11 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 14 74 Disambiguation of Emotions: 5 10 85 Disambiguation of Manias: 6 6 88 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -mania, dipsomania, manic, maniac, megalomania

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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...",
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          "ref": "2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2020:",
          "text": "Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.",
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          "text": "The eugenics mania that swept the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to forced sterilizations and the passage of laws in 27 states designed to limit the numbers of those considered genetically unfit: immigrants, Jews, African-Americans, the mentally ill and those deemed “morally delinquent.”",
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          "roman": "zàokuángzhèng",
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "excessive desire",
      "word": "manìa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "excessive desire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "excessive desire",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vurm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels",
      "word": "mania"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mania"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels",
      "word": "manìa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mania"
}

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