Words Like MANIA

We have put together a list of words that are similar to MANIA.

16 Alternative Words Similar to mania

1 Passion Noun      Synonym Words Like Passion
2 Cacoethes Noun      Synonym Words Like Cacoethes
3 Necrophilia Noun      Hyponym
4 Logorrhea Noun      Hyponym
5 Egomania Noun      Hyponym
6 Phaneromania Noun      Hyponym
7 Necrophilism Noun      Hyponym
8 Monomania Noun      Hyponym Words Like Monomania
9 Pyromania Noun      Hyponym
10 Possession Noun      Hyponym Words Like Possession
11 Trichotillomania Noun      Hyponym
12 Kleptomania Noun      Hyponym
13 Agromania Noun      Hyponym
14 Logomania Noun      Hyponym
15 Necromania Noun      Hyponym
16 Alcoholism Noun      Hyponym Words Like Alcoholism

1 examples of mania

1 the tulip mania

10 definitions of mania

1 Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. delirium.
2 Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people.
3 a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
4 an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
5 An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire; a craze: a mania for neatness.
6 Psychiatry A manifestation of bipolar disorder, characterized by profuse and rapidly changing ideas, exaggerated sexuality, gaiety, or irritability, and decreased sleep.
7 Violent abnormal behavior. See Synonyms at insanity.
8 Any form or phase of insanity with exaltation of spirits and rapidity of mental action; specifically, a psychoneurosis with these as the fundamental features.
9 An eager, uncontrolled, or uncontrollable desire: as, a mania for drink; in colloquial use, a “rage” or craze for something: as, a mania for first editions.
10 Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
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