manias

plural of mania

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Recent Examples of manias The next phase of crypto's growth won't revolve around sleek marketing or speculative manias. 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
Noun
  • Based on the award-winning Los Angeles Times article by Frank Shyong, Rosemead watches as an ailing woman discovers her teenage son’s violent obsessions and must go to great lengths to protect him — and possibly others — in a race against time.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The one with espresso angst, flannel obsessions, and a killer soundtrack featuring the likes of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and The Smashing Pumpkins?
    Chelsea Haney October 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Manias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manias. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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