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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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
Could also just be that Alana Haim’s crafting mania struck again.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 June 2026
People with bipolar disorder cycle through extended periods of mania and depression, often accompanied by grandiosity or elevated self-esteem during manic phases.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 11 June 2026
Nobody in New York City is immune to Knicks mania—including Rihanna and A$AP Rocky.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 11 June 2026
The mania in New York remains THE story in sports and sports business.
—Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 10 June 2026
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 June 2026
People with bipolar disorder cycle through extended periods of mania and depression, often accompanied by grandiosity or elevated self-esteem during manic phases.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 11 June 2026
Nobody in New York City is immune to Knicks mania—including Rihanna and A$AP Rocky.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 11 June 2026
The mania in New York remains THE story in sports and sports business.
—Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mania
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Wendy Williams' attorney has denied her frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and aphasia diagnosis, conditions the former talk show host was allegedly diagnosed with two years ago.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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The residence is also designated as a dementia-friendly site.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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Against the backdrop of the city's elegant architecture, Lopez floated through the evening in a voluminous butter yellow gown that captured two of fashion's current obsessions.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
11 June 2026
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For all their speed-to-market and trend obsessions, fashion companies struggle to update the systems and materials that go into their products, meaning churn reigns and improvements are consigned to that oft-uttered utopian destination known as ‘when there’s time’.—
Brooke Roberts-Islam,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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However, what seemed like the perfect life was really a complex house of cards built on lies and insanity.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Support ballot measures or candidates (not named Steyer) focused on reforming the state’s zoning and regulatory insanity.—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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Lacey Bond is 13 as the Satanic Panic hysteria sweeps the nation, seeing her parents arrested and accused of horrendous crimes.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Unisphere was a fitting antidote to anti-immigrant hysteria.—
Rob Kenner,
VIBE.com,
8 June 2026
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Horkheimer and Adorno had concluded that advanced capitalism, far from being a technocratic monolith, had an inherent tendency toward chaos and madness.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Get your 28% discount before the Prime Day madness begins.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
15 June 2026
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Brown had a history of violent crime, including assaults and robberies, and had also been diagnosed with schizophrenia.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
8 Dec. 2025
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The 84-year-old San Diego resident is hiding from her son, Ed, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and has spent much of the last 30 years in jail, prison or a state mental hospital.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Dec. 2025
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“Mania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mania. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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