mania
Greekexcessive enthusiasm, obsession, mental disorder
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From Greek mania (madness, frenzy). In English it denotes obsessive enthusiasm or mental disturbance: maniac (a person with mania), megalomania (delusion of grandeur), pyromania (fire obsession), dipsomania (uncontrollable craving for alcohol), and monomania (obsession with one thing). Used both clinically and colloquially.
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