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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryma·nia \ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek, from mainesthai to be mad; akin to Greek menos spirit — more at mind DATE 14th century1. excitement manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood; specifically :the manic phase of bipolar disorder2. a. excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm a mania for saving things — often used in combination b. the object of such enthusiasmEnglish Etymologymania c.1400, "mental derangement characterized by excitement and delusion," from L.L. mania "insanity, madness," from Gk. mania"madness," related to mainesthai "to rage, go mad," mantis"seer," menos "passion, spirit," all from PIE *men- "to think, to have one's mind aroused, rage, be furious" (see mind (n.)). Sense of "fad, craze" is 1689, from Fr. manie. Used since 1500s (in imitation of Gk.) as the second element in compounds expressing particular types of madness (cf. nymphomania, 1775; kleptomania, 1830; megalomania, 1890).Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7maniamania / 5meiniE / noun1. [C, usually sing., U] ~ (for sth / for doing sth) an extremely strong desire or enthusiasm for sth, often shared by a lot of people at the same time (通常指许多人共有的)强烈的欲望,狂热,极大的热情 SYN craze : He had a mania for fast cars. 他是个飞车狂。 Football mania is sweeping the country. 足球热正风靡全国。 2. [U] (psychology 心) a mental illness in which sb has an obsession about sth that makes them extremely anxious, violent or confused 躁狂症Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishmania noun 1 extreme enthusiasm for sth ADJ. gambling, railway, sex, etc. VERB + MANIA have PREP. ~ for She had a mania for fast cars. 2 serious mental illness ADJ. collective The violence of the crowd can only be explained as a sign of some collective mania. | religious VERB + MANIA suffer from PHRASES a state of maniaMerriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: noun Synonyms: FETISH 2, fixation, obsession, thing Related Words: craze, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, infatuation, passion; compulsion, fixed idea, hang-up, idée fixeWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedma·nia\ˈmānēə sometimes -nyə\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek mainesthai to be mad; akin to Greek menos spirit — more at mind1. : excitement of psychotic proportions manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood; specifically : the manic phase of manic-depressive psychosis2. a. : excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm : a violent desire, passion, or partiality : craze < has a mania for building and transforming — Arnold Bennett > < seized by a mania for acquisition — Erico Verissimo > < enamel vases, for which our middle classes so long had a mania — Albert Dasnoy > < letters from citizens who had the mania of print — Winston Churchill > b. : something that is the object of a mania < prizefighting, horse racing, and dog racing are national manias— T.H.Fielding > < demobilization became the mania of the day — Demaree Bess >Synonyms: mania, delirium, frenzy, and hysteria denote in common a state of mind in which there is a loss of control over emotional, nervous, or mental processes. mania implies insanity, especially when manifested as the manic phase of manic-depressive psychosis. delirium implies cerebral excitement precipitated by toxic factors in disease or drugs or occurring in the course of a prolonged mental disorder and manifest in delusions, illusions, hallucinations, incoherence, and restlessness. frenzy usually applies to the physical symptoms of mania or any symptoms resembling them. hysteria is a functional psychic disorder simulating organic disease and is manifest in such physical symptoms as disturbances of sensation, motion, and visceral functions expressed typically as functional paralysis of a limb, nausea, emotional instability.Synonym: see in addition insanity.

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