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单词 mania
释义

mania

[ mey-nee-uh, meyn-yuh ]
/ ˈmeɪ ni ə, ˈmeɪn yə /
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noun

excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer.
Psychiatry. manic disorder.

Origin of mania

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin <Greek manía madness; akin to maenad, mind

OTHER WORDS FROM mania

hy·per·ma·ni·a, nounsub·ma·ni·a, noun

Definition for mania (2 of 3)

Mania
[ mey-nee-uh, meyn-yuh ]
/ ˈmeɪ ni ə, ˈmeɪn yə /

noun

an ancient Roman goddess of the dead.

Definition for mania (3 of 3)

-mania

a combining form of mania (megalomania); extended to mean “enthusiasm, often of an extreme and transient nature,” for that specified by the initial element (bibliomania).
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British Dictionary definitions for mania (1 of 2)

mania
/ (ˈmeɪnɪə) /

noun

a mental disorder characterized by great excitement and occasionally violent behaviourSee also manic-depressive
an obsessional enthusiasm or partialitya mania for mushrooms

Word Origin for mania

C14: via Late Latin from Greek: madness

British Dictionary definitions for mania (2 of 2)

-mania

n combining form

indicating extreme desire or pleasure of a specified kind or an abnormal excitement aroused by somethingkleptomania; nymphomania; pyromania

Derived forms of -mania

-maniac, adj combining form, n combining form

Word Origin for -mania

from mania
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for mania

mania
[ (may-nee-uh) ]

Violent, abnormal, or impulsive behavior. In psychological terms, mania is wild activity associated with manic depression.

notes for mania

A “mania” in popular terms is an intense enthusiasm or craze.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Medical definitions for mania (1 of 2)

mania
[ mānē-ə, mānyə ]

n.

A manifestation of bipolar disorder characterized by profuse and rapidly changing ideas, exaggerated gaiety, and excessive physical activity.

Medical definitions for mania (2 of 2)

-mania

suff.

An abnormal compulsion or an extreme love for:pyromania.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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