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 More a horror film than a comic book movie — body horror, to be precise — it’s also perfectly timed to cash in on the current mania of audiences looking for a scary good time. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 Animal-print mania shows no signs of slowing down, either, with Jamie Haller’s python-effect pumps anchoring some of our favorite looks yet. — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 Taken together, these phenomena should raise concerns over just how far the mania will go. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026 There are data centers measured in miles and retirement accounts soaring from the stock market’s AI mania. — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 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
  • How GLP-1s May Affect Brain Health Analyses of large patient datasets have associated GLP-1 receptor agonists with a reduced risk of cognitive impairment and dementia.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Some Facebook commenters sympathized about the dementia struggle, many others expressed hope of a future business.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of dementia
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  • Charlie Barron has a habit of transforming curiosity into obsession.
    — Jill Newman, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2026
  • City streets and suburban shopping malls have been reconfigured in response to our collective obsession with appearance, health and performance.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of obsession
Noun
  • The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over.
    — Ryan Ottignon, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Bennett asked the jury to find Hinton not guilty by reason of insanity.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of insanity
Noun
  • Rather, tarantism was a form of mass hysteria, a situation where a group of people share the same intense fear, anxiety, or physical sickness—like dizziness, shaking, or stomach aches—even though there is no real physical or medical grounds for it.
    — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The sinister presence torments the family, and when their two-year-old suddenly vanishes, fear spirals into hysteria and paranoia as the family confronts a terrifying force that has turned their connected world against them.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of hysteria
Noun
  • This kind of excision, this near total erasure of the Black voice, can turn one toward madness, certainly toward bitterness.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • From the Kahn Brothers comes a brainy comedy about fathers and sons, science and madness, and second chances.
    — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of madness
Noun
  • Xia hopes the findings will one day lead to treatments for people who are especially prone to mental fatigue, such as those with depression and schizophrenia.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Driving, instead, might be thought of as a spectacular form of schizophrenia.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of schizophrenia

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