mania

[Ma·ni*a]

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

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Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.

Noun
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

Noun
a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently


n.
Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.

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


Mania

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.

Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.

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Usage Examples

Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for control, makes men prefer reason's imagination to the imagination of the senses. And yet it is always the imagination alone which is at work.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Bulls don't read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929.

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