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mania

Greek

excessive 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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maniac

A wildly irrational person; someone with an obsessive enthusiasm

megalomania

A mental condition involving delusions of great power or importance

dipsomania

An uncontrollable craving for alcohol

monomania

An obsessive fixation on a single subject or idea

pyromania

A compulsive urge to start fires