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 most dangerous manias often form around technologies that really do work.
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James Broughel, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Legendary billionaire investor Howard Marks, cofounder and cochairman of Oaktree Capital Management, has spent decades navigating financial manias, sea changes in interest rates, and the shifting pendulums of investor psychology.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
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
James Broughel, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Legendary billionaire investor Howard Marks, cofounder and cochairman of Oaktree Capital Management, has spent decades navigating financial manias, sea changes in interest rates, and the shifting pendulums of investor psychology.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
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
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My obsessions surrounding her care, health, and well-being were funneled into a compulsive use of the app.—
Sara Rowe Mount,
Parents,
22 May 2026
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Her interviews from that moment, triggered by the obsessions of bombers Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, would later be chronicled at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
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“Manias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manias. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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