ma·ni·a (m  n - , mny)n. 1. An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire; a craze: a mania for neatness. 2. Psychiatry A manifestation of bipolar disorder, characterized by profuse and rapidly changing ideas, exaggerated sexuality, gaiety, or irritability, and decreased sleep. 3. Violent abnormal behavior. See Synonyms at insanity. [Middle English, madness, from Late Latin, from Greek mani ; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
mania [ˈmeɪnɪə]
n
1. (Psychiatry) a mental disorder characterized by great excitement and occasionally violent behaviour See also manic-depressive
2. an obsessional enthusiasm or partiality a mania for mushrooms
[via Late Latin from Greek: madness]
mania
1. a type of manie-depressive psychosis, exemplified by rapidly chang-ing ideas, extremes of emotion, and physical overactivity.
2. any violent or abnormal behavior. — maniac, n. — maniacal, adj.
See also: Manias2. any violent or abnormal behavior. — maniac, n. — maniacal, adj.
a manifestation of intense enthusiasm for something; craze or fad, as musicomania.
See also: Fads
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | mania - an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action irrational motive - a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic agromania - an intense desire to be alone or out in the open dipsomania, potomania, alcoholism - an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess egomania - an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs kleptomania - an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive monomania, possession - a mania restricted to one thing or idea phaneromania - an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting) pyromania - an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things trichotillomania - an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair |
| 2. | mania - a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder - any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant |
mania
noun
1. obsession, passion, thing (informal), desire, rage, enthusiasm, craving, preoccupation, craze, fad (informal), fetish, fixation, partiality They had a mania for travelling.
2. madness, disorder, frenzy, insanity, dementia, aberration, lunacy, delirium, craziness, derangement the treatment of maniawashing agoramaniaopen spaces ailuromaniacats andromaniamen AnglomaniaEngland anthomaniaflowers apimaniabees arithmomaniacounting automaniasolitude autophonomaniasuicide balletomaniaballet ballistomaniabullets bibliomaniabooks chionomaniasnow choreomaniadancing chrematomaniamoney cremnomaniacliffs cynomaniadogs dipsomaniaalcohol doramaniafur dromomaniatravelling egomaniayour self eleuthromaniafreedom entheomaniareligion entomomaniainsects ergasiomaniawork eroticomaniaerotica erotomaniasex florimaniaplants gamomaniamarriage graphomaniawriting gymnomanianakedness gynomaniawomen hamartiomaniasin hedonomaniapleasure heliomaniasun hippomaniahorses homicidomaniamurder hydromaniawater hylomaniawoods hypnomaniasleep ichthyomaniafish iconomaniaicons kinesomaniamovement kleptomaniastealing logomaniatalking macromaniabecoming larger megalomaniayour own importance melomaniamusic mentulomaniapenises micromaniabecoming smaller monomaniaone thing musicomaniamusic musomaniamice mythomanialies necromaniadeath noctimanianight nudomanianudity nymphomaniasex ochlomaniacrowds oikomaniahome oinomaniawine ophidiomaniareptiles orchidomaniatesticles ornithomaniabirds phagomaniaeating pharmacomaniamedicines phonomanianoise photomanialight plutomaniagreat wealth potomaniadrinking pyromaniafire scribomaniawriting siderodromomaniarailway travel sitomaniafood sophomaniayour own wisdom thalassomaniathe sea thanatomaniadeath theatromaniatheatre timbromaniastamps trichomaniahair verbomaniawords xenomaniaforeigners zoomaniaanimals
Types of mania
ablutomania Translations
mania [ˈmeɪniə] n
(= passion) → passion f
a mania for sth → une passion pour qch
the Beatle mania of the 60s → la Beatlemania des années 60
a mania for sth → une passion pour qch
the Beatle mania of the 60s → la Beatlemania des années 60
(= mental illness) → manie f
mania
n
(inf: = enthusiasm) → Manie f, → Tick m (inf), → Fimmel m (inf); this mania for nationalization → diese Verstaatlichungsmanie; Gazza mania → Gazza-Manie f, → Gazza-Rummel m; this current mania for the 1920’s → die derzeitige Manie für die 20er Jahre; he has a mania for collecting old matchboxes → er hat den Tick or Fimmel, alte Streichholzschachteln zu sammeln (inf); he has a mania for collecting things → er hat einen Sammeltick (inf) → or -fimmel (inf); mania for cleanliness → Sauberkeitstick m (inf), → Reinlichkeitsfimmel m (inf); tennis has become a mania with him → Tennis ist bei ihm zur Manie geworden
mania [ˈmeɪnɪə] n → mania
to have a mania for (doing) sth → avere la mania di (fare) qc
mania [ˈmeɪnɪə] n → mania
to have a mania for (doing) sth → avere la mania di (fare) qc
to have a mania for (doing) sth → avere la mania di (fare) qc
mania [ˈmeɪnɪə] n → mania
to have a mania for (doing) sth → avere la mania di (fare) qc
n mania [ˈmeiniə]
1 a form of mental illness in which the sufferer is over-active, over-excited, and unreasonably happy. manie مَرَض الجُنون мания mánie mani die Manie μανία manía maania هیجان بی دلیل mania manie שִׁיגָעוֹן सनक ludilo, mahnitost őrjöngés, téboly gila, mania oflæti, manía mania 躁病の 조병(躁病) manija mānija mania manie vanvidd, mani szaleństwo mania manie маниакальный синдром mánia manija manija mani ความคลั่งไคล้ cinnet, mani 狂躁 манія پیجان اور تشدّد کے دورے پڑنے کی بیماری chứng điên 狂躁
2 an unreasonable enthusiasm for something He has a mania for fast cars. liefde هَوَس، مَيْل مُفْرِط влечение mánie mani der Fimmel μανία, πάθος manía, obsesión hullus عشق vimma manie תַאֲווָה बुद्धिभ्रम, पागलपन, सनक,अत्यधिक उत्साह požuda mánia tergila-gila -æði, –della mania 熱狂的愛好 광적인 열중 nenormalus potraukis, silpnybė aizraušanās; apsēstība tergila-gila manie mani mania, słabość mania manie мания mánia strast manija mani, dille ความขาดสติ aşırı düşkünlük 狂熱 манія دھن، شدید جذبہ tính ham mê 狂热
n maniac [-ӕk]
an insane (and dangerous) person; a madman He drives like a maniac. maniak مَجْنون، مَهْووس маниак maniak sindssyg person der/die Wahnsinnige μανιακός maniaco hull دیوانه hullu maniaque מְטוֹרָף उन्मादग्रस्त, पागल luđak dühöngő őrült orang gila brjálæðingur maniaco, folle 狂人 광적인 사람 maniakas, beprotis maniaks; ārprātīgais orang gila maniak vanvittig person, (som en) galning szaleniec maníaco maniac маньяк maniak blaznež manijak galning, dåre, niding คนบ้า manyak kimse 瘋子 маніяк جنونی người điên 疯子
adj manic [ˈmӕnik]
1 of, or suffering from, mania She's in a manic state. manies يُعاني من خَلَل عَقْلي обсебен maniakální manisk Wahnsinns-... μανιακός maniaco maaniline, maniakaalne دیوانگی maaninen maniaque שִיגָעוֹן उन्मत्त manijakalan mániás menderita kegilaan óður maniaco 躁病の 조병(躁病)의 maniakinis maniakāls menderita kegilaan manisch manisk maniakalny maníaco de nebunie маниакальный maniakálny, maniacky maničen maničan manisk เกี่ยวกับความคลั่งไคล้ çılgın, deli 躁狂的 маніакальний دیوانگی سے متأثر thuộc tính gàn dở 躁狂的
2 extremely energetic, active and excited The new manager is one of those manic people who can't rest even for a minute. manies حَيَوي جِدا، شَديد الحيَوِيَّه والإنْفِعال вманиачен maniakální manisk verrückt μανιώδης, υπερβολικά ενεργητικός frenético rahutu, sebija بیش فعال innokas excité מְשוּגָע ל- अत्यधिक ऊर्जावान zanesen, pomaman mániákus gila kerja yfirspenntur, ólmur, ofvirkur maniaco 超活動的な 열광적인 nepaprastai aktyvus, energingas apsēsts; enerģijas pārpilns gila kerja manisch overaktiv/-energisk, overspent energiczny, pełen życia turbulento agitat одержимый maniakálny ekstremen maničan manisk กระตือรือร้น aşırı hareketli/heyecanlı 精力超人的 завзятий پر جوش، فعال buồn vui thất thường 精力超人的
mania → هَوَس mánie mani Manie μανία manía mania manie manija mania ･･･熱 광적인 열중 manie mani obłęd mania мания mani ความคลั่งไคล้ çılgınlık sự đam mê 颠狂
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