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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 collapse of water security in Iran has been decades in the making and is rooted in a mania for megaprojects—dam building, deep wells, and water transfer schemes—that ignored the fundamentals of hydrology and ecological balance.
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Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
The extraordinary mania and positivity has been intoxicating.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
While Labubu mania is new, high-end brands from Tiffany to Loewe are increasingly featuring characters like Pikachu and Totoro to court younger and digitally savvy customers.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Digging deeper, Georgia unravels a complex case entangled in mania, ritual and the occult, and her obsessive quest for the truth spirals into a nightmare that will put her family, career and sanity on the line.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2025
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Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
The extraordinary mania and positivity has been intoxicating.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
While Labubu mania is new, high-end brands from Tiffany to Loewe are increasingly featuring characters like Pikachu and Totoro to court younger and digitally savvy customers.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Digging deeper, Georgia unravels a complex case entangled in mania, ritual and the occult, and her obsessive quest for the truth spirals into a nightmare that will put her family, career and sanity on the line.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mania
Noun
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According to her death certificate, Joan died from dementia.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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In a cruel irony, the chaos of homelessness that forces people to prioritize survival, combined with health conditions such as physical disabilities, dementia or serious mental illness, often collude to prevent patients from engaging with the very systems that could end their homelessness.—
Sarah Stella,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the book, Keaton reflected on modern standards of beauty, pondering the societal obsession with how things look.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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Brudos got his name for his obsession with women's feet.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Ed brings great depth and heart to the man in charge of safety for this massive jump, an island of reason in a sea of insanity.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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At trial, Crawford's attorneys acknowledged his guilt to lay the groundwork for an insanity defense, even though that's not how Crawford wanted to handle the case, according to reporting by the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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As fear and prejudice take hold, Lidia and her family must navigate the growing hysteria surrounding queerness, disease and desire in a deeply patriarchal society.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
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Like a faulty fire hydrant, or a vacuum cleaner whizzing up and down with the uncontrollable hysteria of a feral raccoon, our directive was to suck up as many clicks as possible through every angle imaginable.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Orphan Master’s Son, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2013, follows a North Korean man struggling to survive amid the cruelty and madness of a modern totalitarian regime.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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No orgies, no drug madness, no trouble with the law.—
Touré,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Gein was diagnosed with schizophrenia.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025
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The company's success is ultimately riding on the successful trials of its new schizophrenia drug Cobenfy.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Mania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mania. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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