Defenition of the word mania
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Defenition of the word mania
- a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
- an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
Synonyms for the word mania
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- cacoethes
- frenzy
- manic disorder
- passion
Hyponyms for the word mania
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- agromania
- alcoholism
- craze
- delirium
- dipsomania
- egomania
- frenzy
- fury
- hysteria
- kleptomania
- logomania
- logorrhea
- monomania
- necromania
- necrophilia
- necrophilism
- phaneromania
- possession
- potomania
- pyromania
- trichotillomania
Hypernyms for the word mania
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- affective disorder
- emotional disorder
- emotional disturbance
- irrational motive
- major affective disorder
Idioms for the word mania
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