"mania" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mania.wav [Southern-England] Forms: manias [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniə Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*men-|id=think}}, {{bor|en|la|mania}} 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 Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (violent derangement): λύσσα (lússa) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), մոլուցք (molucʻkʻ) (Armenian), мания (manija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mania [feminine] (Catalan), 躁狂癥 (Chinese Mandarin), 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)
    Sense id: en-mania-en-noun-DbdCM6by Disambiguation of Emotions: 14 21 20 20 26 Disambiguation of 'violent derangement': 77 3 6 6 9
  2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions, Manias Translations (excessive desire): мания (manija) (Bulgarian), mania [feminine] (Catalan), 狂熱 (Chinese Mandarin), 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 Emotions: 14 21 20 20 26 Disambiguation of Manias: 5 12 29 29 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 10 30 33 26 Disambiguation of 'excessive desire': 5 64 10 11 10
  3. 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions, Manias
    Sense id: en-mania-en-noun-G9mGXI7I Disambiguation of Emotions: 14 21 20 20 26 Disambiguation of Manias: 5 12 29 29 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 10 30 33 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 9 30 33 27
  4. 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions, Manias
    Sense id: en-mania-en-noun-P1bxWhXm Disambiguation of Emotions: 14 21 20 20 26 Disambiguation of Manias: 5 12 29 29 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 10 30 33 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 9 30 33 27
  5. (psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychiatry, Emotions, Manias Translations (state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels): mania [feminine] (Polish), manìa (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-mania-en-noun-aXubMz9E Disambiguation of Emotions: 14 21 20 20 26 Disambiguation of Manias: 5 12 29 29 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 10 30 33 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 9 30 33 27 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels': 2 3 6 7 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dipsomania, manic, maniac, megalomania

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