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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
While injuries to stars are bad enough, sometimes a collective mania around an entire team can lead to ratings disruptions.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 Sep. 2025
There has long been a quiet but steady mania for anything Mitford-related.
—Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The Labubu mania has reached the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Unlike the Mars-mania that arose half a century later, when such gonzo 1950s science-fiction movies as Invaders from Mars and It!
—David Kamp, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 Sep. 2025
There has long been a quiet but steady mania for anything Mitford-related.
—Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The Labubu mania has reached the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Unlike the Mars-mania that arose half a century later, when such gonzo 1950s science-fiction movies as Invaders from Mars and It!
—David Kamp, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mania
Noun
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Newlywed Rachel Berry, 43, decided to tie the knot with her husband, Mike, at Foxhunters Care Community in Wales, where her 75-year-old mother, Ruth, lives with dementia, according to the BBC.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Scientists have just taken the most detailed look yet at the biology of a record-breaking human life, profiling a woman who lived to 117 years and 168 days free of cancer, cardiovascular disease and dementia.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Sep. 2025
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His obsession with gilding everything, whether with actual gold or paint, feels not unlike a Goodwill-furniture-flipper’s antiquing hack.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
25 Sep. 2025
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First launched back in 1971, Clinique’s Almost Lipstick has returned to the spotlight, thanks to Gen Z’s obsession with the shade Black Honey, a sheer berry that looks beautiful on any skin tone.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
24 Sep. 2025
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Andor connected with critics and audiences in part because its revolutionaries make cogent arguments over and over about the insanity of authoritarianism.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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After being wrongfully imprisoned in a mental asylum, an author is faced with a decision to surrender to insanity or fight for her sanity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
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McCarthy and his cronies engineered a hysteria over left-wing ideologies and their sympathizers, encouraging tactics like loyalty oaths and provoking paranoia over a suggestion that communist spies were omnipresent in America.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
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Our hearts go out to his family, but this should not have become a springboard for hysteria, partisanship, and meltdown.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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As betrayal and madness loom, Amanda is forced to confront her deepest fears and make an ultimate choice between freedom and acceptance.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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Speaking after the trial day on Monday night, Hinshaw expressed concern about his friend's fate but suggested there might be a method to the madness of Routh's unorthodox defense strategy.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
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This position all comes down to Cobenfy, its schizophrenia drug that endured a clinical-trial setback earlier this year.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Rudd's diagnosis has not been described in court, but on Facebook in 2023, Rudd said he was given antipsychotic medications to treat schizophrenia.—
Kevin Grasha,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Mania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mania. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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