Wordiyomania
GreekVariants
mania
Related Roots
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About This Root
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.
Associated Words
dipsomania
An uncontrollable craving for alcohol
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maniac
A wildly irrational person; someone with an obsessive enthusiasm
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megalomania
A mental condition involving delusions of great power or importance
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monomania
An obsessive fixation on a single subject or idea
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pyromania
A compulsive urge to start fires
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