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English noun: mania

1. mania (motive) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action


Synonymscacoethes, passion


Broader (hypernym)irrational motive


Narrower (hyponym)agromania, alcoholism, dipsomania, egomania, kleptomania, logomania, logorrhea, monomania, necromania, necrophilia, necrophilism, phaneromania, possession, potomania, pyromania, trichotillomania

2. mania (state) a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently


Synonymsmanic disorder


Broader (hypernym)affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder


Narrower (hyponym)craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria









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