mania

noun

ˈmā-nē-ə How to pronounce mania (audio)
Definition of manianext
1
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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2
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 Jonestown afflicted Naipaul’s vision, his way of deciphering not just political manias but the dreariness of urban life, the perpetual doom of the nuclear-arms race. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026 Amid the post-pandemic mania for luxury collectibles, Sotheby’s wine and spirits department achieved a record $132 million in sales in 2021. — George Nelson For Artnews, Robb Report, 9 July 2026 So much for the logo-mania that, for years, defined China’s Gen Z and millennial shoppers. — CNN Money, 8 July 2026 Amid the post-pandemic mania for luxury collectibles, Sotheby’s wine and spirits department achieved a record $132 million in sales in 2021. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mania
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mania
  1. dementia
  2. obsession
  3. insanity
  4. hysteria
  5. madness
  6. schizophrenia
Noun
  • In some diseases such as frontal lobe dementia, which damages executive function instead of memory, tangles can accumulate without the presence of amyloid.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Be aware that most group homes have a significant population of seniors with dementia.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
Definition of dementia
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  • Billie’s obsession with taking down Priscilla constantly puts her team in peril, because being so laser-focused on one thing clouds the bigger picture.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 July 2026
  • As an example, Nunez cites the average teen’s obsession with looks, like when Elsie becomes infatuated with the soirée’s 30-something bartender.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Definition of obsession
Noun
  • McCall tried to create a contrast between the locations, with the Cady clan’s surroundings having an overgrown quality reflecting the uncontrollable insanity at the heart of the family.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
  • Dominguez entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to the charges.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of insanity
Noun
  • The hysteria often comes with a fat dollop of Trumpian imperiousness, not requesting your engagement so much as demanding it.
    — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • The score by French experimental duo Double Danger (also the composers on Infested) amplifies the action, building from ominous electronica to Black Mass-level hysteria with satanic choral elements.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Definition of hysteria
Noun
  • The Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB shares his method behind the madness.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
  • Neill plays Mark in director Andrzej Żuławski’s fearless study of madness, opposite the incredible Isabelle Adjani as his increasingly disturbed wife, Anna.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of madness
Noun
  • Though some of the underlying science is still emerging, the relationship between metabolic health and mood is genuine; ketogenic and other metabolic therapies are being studied for serious mental illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
    — Sunny Patel, STAT, 17 July 2026
  • Dominguez, diagnosed with the symptoms of schizophrenia, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the killings.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of schizophrenia

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“Mania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mania. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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