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 The Mayo Clinic defines the mental health condition as typically marked by hallucinations, delusions, depression, and mania. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026 The 57-year-old star kept the animal print mania going with her pointed-toe fuzzy leopard print slingback heels and held a microscopic black patent leather bag in one hand. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 23 Sep. 2026 OpenAI has yet to involve people prone to psychosis or mania in improving ChatGPT safeguards. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026 The stock reclaimed its opening IPO print of $150, yet is still about 35% below the $225 high that followed the June 12 IPO mania. — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 4 Sep. 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
  • Other symptoms include mild dementia that involves short-term memory loss, a lack of interest in daily activities and difficulty completing routine tasks.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • As a final demonstration of this approach’s promise, the researchers designed zinc proteases that could target proteins associated with neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of dementia
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  • Thankfully, the obsession over toxic masculinity remains a minority view.
    — Luka Ladan, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • In sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm, pocket museum creators envelop visitors in environments centered on their obsessions.
    — Dina Cheney, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of obsession
Noun
  • That sentence would have sounded like insanity a few decades ago, but in the strange world of Hollywood in the 2020s, weirder might really be better.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
  • So this is just a build-up, and there is such insanity coming.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of insanity
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  • The Beatles, not yet known in America, were already inspiring hysteria across England.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Unfortunately, Shakespeare never actually visited Venice; and scholars now recognise that Shylock’s character is more a reflection of anti-Jewish hysteria in early seventeenth-century London than anything that was going on in Italy at that time.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of hysteria
Noun
  • The couple’s relationship appears to be an archetypal folie a deux, or madness of two.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Read on to see how Humm made it through the madness to open Humm, the first restaurant to bear his name.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of madness
Noun
  • Cabello-Ynocente's sister-in-law stated that Farfan-Cabello suffers from schizophrenia and that the family was devastated to learn what happened.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The Food and Drug Administration flagged a potential safety signal after four deaths were reported among patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia who received investigational evenamide in clinical trials, MedPage Today informs us.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of schizophrenia

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