Definitions for: Mania


[n] an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
[n] a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently



Webster (1913) Definition: Ma"ni*a, n. [L. mania, Gr. ?, fr. ? to rage; cf. OE.
manie, F. manie. Cf. Mind, n., Necromancy.]
1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf.
Delirium.

2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting
one or many people; as, the tulip mania.

Mania a potu [L.], madness from drinking; delirium tremens.

Syn: Insanity; derangement; madness; lunacy; alienation;
aberration; delirium; frenzy. See Insanity.

Synonyms: cacoethes, manic disorder, passion

See Also: affective disorder, agromania, alcoholism, craze, delirium, dipsomania, egomania, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, frenzy, fury, hysteria, irrational motive, kleptomania, logomania, logorrhea, major affective disorder, monomania, necromania, necrophilia, necrophilism, phaneromania, possession, potomania, pyromania, trichotillomania

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