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as in dementia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
that form of mania often manifests itself in excessive and often incoherent talkativeness
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as in obsession
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
his wife was baffled and amused by his mania for old comic books
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Recent Examples of mania
The concern is whether such stocks shot too high, too fast because of AI mania, and their careening moves have sometimes reversed direction by the hour.
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ABC News,
14 June 2026
The exhibition centers on a film created with generative AI trained on an archive that includes fairy folklore and the Victorian mania for invention.
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Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
The concern is whether such stocks shot too high, too fast because of AI mania, and their careening moves have sometimes reversed direction by the hour.
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Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
People with bipolar disorder cycle through extended periods of mania and depression, often accompanied by grandiosity or elevated self-esteem during manic phases.
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Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for mania
ABC News,
14 June 2026
The exhibition centers on a film created with generative AI trained on an archive that includes fairy folklore and the Victorian mania for invention.
—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
The concern is whether such stocks shot too high, too fast because of AI mania, and their careening moves have sometimes reversed direction by the hour.
—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
People with bipolar disorder cycle through extended periods of mania and depression, often accompanied by grandiosity or elevated self-esteem during manic phases.
—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for mania
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mania
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The lifetime cost of dementia care alone now exceeds $400,000 per person.
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However, the study was observational and does not prove that caffeine directly prevents dementia.
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Taylor Swift's empire tops $2 billion as wedding frenzy fuels global obsession.
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Splatoon Raiders has the potential to expand this phenomenon to a new audience and give existing fans a new obsession.
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Piggott was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a trial held a year later.
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling for the impeachment of the Miami-Dade judge who acquitted a woman by reason of insanity in the 2021 death of her 15-month-old daughter, arguing the ruling threatens public safety.
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It was judged to be some sort of mass hysteria.
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The virtual hysteria over the muskrat invasion resulted in Britain’s first legislation to target a non-native invasive species.
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Is this just a salary dump, or is there a method to the madness for the Wolves?
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Welcome to the Amazon Prime Day 2026 madness!
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Wendy Gledhill, Handy's partner and the mother of Michael Gledhill, reportedly told TMZ that her son was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had stopped taking his medications the week before Handy died.
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Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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“Mania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mania. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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