| English noun: mania | 
| 1. | mania (motive) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | 
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 | Synonyms | cacoethes, passion | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | irrational motive | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | agromania, alcoholism, dipsomania, egomania, kleptomania, logomania, logorrhea, monomania, necromania, necrophilia, necrophilism, phaneromania, possession, potomania, pyromania, trichotillomania | 
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| 2. | mania (state) a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently | 
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 | Synonyms | manic disorder | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria | 
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