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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
Louis Vuitton is getting a jump on World Cup mania.
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
The most dangerous manias often form around technologies that really do work.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
California is getting ready for soccer mania as soccer teams and fans from around the globe will descend across the state in June.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
Woody Harrelson declaims every line, upping the relentless factor of Phil’s mania.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
The most dangerous manias often form around technologies that really do work.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
California is getting ready for soccer mania as soccer teams and fans from around the globe will descend across the state in June.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
Woody Harrelson declaims every line, upping the relentless factor of Phil’s mania.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mania
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All of this creates new pathways between the brain’s neurons, improving cerebral neuroplasticity and preventing neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia.—
Alessandra Signorelli,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
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She is left to care for her partner’s elderly mom who battles Parkinson’s and dementia.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
28 May 2026
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In fact, while bitcoin’s been in a price slump, the stock market has notched several all-time record highs and capital is rotating elsewhere as investors chase the chip rally and their obsession with AI infrastructure grows.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Interest in the author’s life can curdle into obsession, as in Henry James’s The Aspern Papers, in which the narrator embraces any deception necessary to acquire the letters of a dead poet.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Adair Fish pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on May 4, a spokesperson with the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office said.—
Laura Bauer
June 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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The Dutchman pleaded guilty to the murder charges, claiming temporary insanity.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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How then to escape this hysteria?—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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But Pressure is less a war story, rapt with the hysteria of battlefield deeds, than an intense exposition on the human capacity to tolerate uncertainty at a time when decisiveness is an imperative for action.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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As the saying goes, there is no great genius without some touch of madness.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Some families came from beyond the KC area to catch the banana madness.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2026
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Brennan explained that explorations of society’s associations with mental health, both broadly in the aftermath of World War II and specifically Gein’s own struggles with schizophrenia, were top of mind when penning the script.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
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Over the years, doctors reportedly diagnosed him with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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“Mania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mania. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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