as in obsessions
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 manias
The next phase of crypto's growth won't revolve around sleek marketing or speculative manias.
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Annabelle Huang, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
The reality is that the global network has become a transmission mechanism for all kinds of manias and panics, just as the combination of printing and literacy temporarily increased the prevalence of millenarian sects and witch crazes.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Annabelle Huang, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
The reality is that the global network has become a transmission mechanism for all kinds of manias and panics, just as the combination of printing and literacy temporarily increased the prevalence of millenarian sects and witch crazes.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manias
obsessions
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The movie’s frank depiction of Mishima’s bisexual obsessions and radical political drive, not to mention the involvement of foreign filmmakers like Schrader, Coppola and Lucas, drew a boycott from Mishima’s widow and incensed the ultra-right-wing political groups that continued to lionize him.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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My twin obsessions were Old Hollywood and Archie Comics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Manias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manias. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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