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Definition: Mania |
ManiaNoun1. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action. 2. A mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mania" was first used: sometime around 1385. (references) |
Etymology: Mania \Ma"ni*a\, noun. [Latin expression mania, Greek, from to rage; compare to Old English manie, French manie. Compare to Mind, noun, Necromancy.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Excitement of psychotic proportions manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behaviour, and elevation of mood. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In Greek mythology, Mania ("insanity") was the personification of insanity.
In Roman mythology, originally borrowed from Etruscan mythology after the assimilation of their people, Mania was the goddess of the dead. She, along with Mantus, ruled the underworld. She was said to be the mother of ghosts and the undead, as well as the Lares and the Nanes.
Mania describes a condtion characterised by severely elevated mood. Associated with bipolar disorder, where episodes of mania alternate with episodes of depression. (Note: not all mania is bipolar disorder, other diseases can cause mania - however bipolar disorder is the 'classic' manic disease).
(Hypomania refers to a less severe variant of mania, where there is less loss of control.)
Although 'severely elevated mood' sounds pleasant, the actual experience of mania is usually unpleasant and frightening for the person involved.
Other manic symptoms include hypersexuality, religiosity, and hyperactivity.
Mania can also be experienced at the same time as depression, in so-called dysphoric mania.
This has caused speculation amongst doctors that mania and depression are two independent axes in a bipolar spectrum, rather than opposites.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mania."
Synonyms: ManiaSynonyms: cacoethes (n), manic disorder (n), passion (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desire | Passion, rage, furore, mania, manie; inextinguishable desire; dipsomania, kleptomania. |
Drunkenness | Oinomania, dipsomania; delirium tremens; alcohol, alcoholism; mania a potu. |
Insanity | Insanity, lunacy; madness; Adjective: mania, rabies, furor, mental alienation, aberration; paranoia, schizophrenia; dementation, dementia, demency; phrenitis, phrensy, frenzy, raving, incoherence, wandering, delirium, calenture of the brain; delusion, hallucination; lycanthropy; brain storm. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mania |
| English words defined with "mania": Atrabiliary ♦ Bibliomaniac, bipolar disorder ♦ Eleutheromania ♦ Fire bug, frenzied ♦ Gold fever ♦ manic, manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive, manic-depressive psychosis, maniclike, Manie, Metromania, monomania ♦ Planetary aberration, possession, pyromaniac ♦ Xenomania. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mania": Antimanic Agents ♦ CARNEGIE-ITIS, Corea ♦ hypomania. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "mania": Xenomania. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Mania" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (handled), Italian (addiction, craze, crotchet, fad, mania, obession, rage, searches, trick, wedge), Portuguese (crank, craze, crotchet, fad, furor, furore, habit, hang-up, kink, mania). |
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Screenplays | Well, possible motives for murder are profit, revenge, jealousy, to conceal a crime, to avoid humiliation, or plain old homicidal mania. Right there in the manual (The General's Daughter; writing credit: Christopher Bertolini) Now that the Jewish mania for destruction has shown itself in the deeds of those aerial pirates even the weak and cowardly among us have realised that National Socialism is our peoples greatest and only hope (Aimée & Jaguar; writing credit: Erica Fischer; Max Färberböck) Yes, Bob. Larry-Boy mania is sweeping the nation (VeggieTales: Larry-Boy & the Fib from Outer Space!; writing credit: Sylvia Ulrich; Klaus Waller) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mania (1974) Blood Mania (1970) Transylvania Mania (1968) Motor Mania (1950) Pencil Mania (1932) | |
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| "Bubble Mania 1" by Igor Kasalovic Commentary: "Caught inside the bubble." | "Rope Light Mania" by Christie Ortiz Commentary: "Purple "fairy lights" that are warapped around my desk..." |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | He was wishing to get the better of his attachment to herself, she just recovering from her mania for Mr. Elton |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His mania was the naturalisation of indigo in France |
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Health | As a result, mania can be devastating to personal relationships and careers. (references) | |
Because patients with mania and depression are at high risk for suicide, supplies of medication should be limited. (references) | ||
Tricyclics may lead to weight gain, orthostatic hypotension, subtle confusional states, and exacerbation of mania. (references) | ||
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| "Mania" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.57% of the time. "Mania" is used about 178 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.57% | 163 | 24,498 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.43% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 178 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "mania" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Mania | Last name | 130 | 62,138 |
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| Germany | Mania Technologie AG |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "mania": cleaning mania ♦ collecting mania ♦ destructive mania ♦ mania a potu ♦ mania for cleanliness ♦ persecution mania ♦ speed mania. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "mania": dinosaur-mania. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
mania stocking | 1,930 | taz mania | 72 |
elasto mania | 1,282 | adidas predator mania | 67 |
dollz mania | 1,124 | disney mania | 67 |
pantie mania | 727 | mania stocking tgp | 63 |
stocking mania.com | 645 | marine mania | 61 |
mania | 430 | cheat mania marine tycoon zoo | 58 |
doll mania | 366 | mania step | 56 |
mania wwe | 226 | bingo mania | 54 |
lingerie mania | 211 | zoo tycoon marine mania | 53 |
icon mania | 175 | teen mania | 48 |
water mania | 145 | bukkake mania | 48 |
big butt mania | 125 | madden mania | 46 |
mania porn | 105 | com dollz mania | 46 |
411 mania | 99 | grupo mania | 45 |
mania armani | 95 | 2003 mania mega star | 44 |
download elasto mania | 92 | mini mania | 43 |
hose mania pantie | 86 | islander mania | 38 |
elasto full mania | 86 | mania porn star | 38 |
elasto full mania version | 77 | cheat mania marine | 34 |
motocross mania | 74 | frog mania | 34 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "mania"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mani (craze, delusion, fixation, foible, obsession), dëshirë e tepruar. (various references) | |
Arabic | هوس (lock, quirk), المس ضرب من الجنون. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мания (craze, fad, obsession, rage). (various references) | |
Czech | mánie. (various references) | |
Danish | mani, unormal opstemthed og uro, mani. (various references) | |
Dutch | manie (addiction). (various references) | |
Farsi | هیجان بی دلیل وزیاد, عشق (Amour, Love), شیداءی , دیوانگی (Amuck, Craze, Delirium, Insanity, Rage, Rave). (various references) | |
Finnish | kiihko (fury, heat, impetuosity). (various references) | |
French | manie. (various references) | |
German | Wahnsinn (craziness, deliriousness, frenzy, insanity, lunacy, madness), Manie (addiction, manner, obsession). (various references) | |
Greek | μανία (bluster, craze, furiousness, furor, fury, rabidness, rage), τρέλλα (amok, madness, nuttiness, rompishness), τρέλα (aberration, craze, craziness, cult, fad, madness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תאותנות (lecherousness, lechery, lewdness, lust, lustfulness, passion, salacity, sensuality, sexuality, voluptuousness), שגעון (absurdity, craziness, insanity, kink, lunacy, madness, quirk, whim), בולמוס (rage, spree). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szenvedély (addiction, avocation, blood, fervor, fervour, fire, flame, hobby, passion, rage), mánia (bug, craze, obsession, rage). (various references) | |
Indonesian | keranjingan, kegilaan (folly, insanity, lunacy, madness, psychosis, stupidity). (various references) | |
Italian | mania (addiction, craze, crotchet, fad, obession, rage, searches, trick, wedge). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 躁病 , 熱中 (enthusiasm, nuts!, zeal), 狂躁 (wild excitement), 狂騒 (wild excitement), マトリックス力学 (enthusiasm, enthusiast, madeleine, mademoiselle, madonna, Madras, Madras check, Madrid, madrigal, maniac, manicure, manierisme, manifesto, Manila, manipulate, manipulation, manipulator, Manitoba, manners, mannish, mannish look, manual, manual manipulator, manufacture, manuscript, matrix dynamics, minutia, muddler, mutton, sailor). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | マニア (enthusiasm), そうびょう (ancestral shrine, Imperial mausoleum, mausoleum, mulberry seedling), ねっちゅう (enthusiasm, nuts!, zeal), きょうそう (able-bodied, boat race, competition, contest, race, regatta, robust, strong, sturdy, wild excitement). (various references) | |
Manx | keoieys (madness, wildness, wildness of persons), keoieid (craziness, frenzy, furiousness, insanity, madness, rage, savageness, viciousness, wildness, wildness of persons). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aniamay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mania (crank, craze, crotchet, fad, furor, furore, habit, hang-up, kink). (various references) | |
Romanian | manie (crank, craze, fad, failing, foible, hobby, monomania), nebunie (craze, craziness, dementia, distraction, Folly, foolery, foolishness, frenzy, hobby, insanity, lunacy, madness, mischief, phrensy, raving), idee fixã (crank, crotchet, monomania), delir (delirium, ecstasy, enthusiasm, madness, raving). (various references) | |
Russian | мания (craze). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | manija. (various references) | |
Spanish | manía (craze, fad, foible, hobby horse, kink, obsession, oddity, rage, thing, trick), tema (motif, obsession, subject, subject matter, text, theme, topic), idea fija (obsession). (various references) | |
Swedish | vurm (craze, fad, passion), vanvett (craziness, frenzy, insanity, lunacy, madness), mani (craze, craziness, fad). (various references) | |
Turkish | delilik (bug, craziness, crotchet, derangement, distraction, extravagance, Folly, foolery, insanity, lunacy, madness, mental derangement, vagary, wildness), düşkünlük (addiction, affection, decay, devotion, dotage, fanaticism, fixation, fondness, keenness, partiality, poverty), cinnet (insanity, lunacy, madness, possession, rabidness). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | манія (craze, delusion), захоплення (admiration, applause, capture, catch, delight, dementia, ecstasy, encroachment, enthusiasm, grab, gust, hold, interest, occupation, pre emption, rapture). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính nghiện (weakness), tính kỳ quặc tính ham mê, chứng cuồng tính gàn, chứng điên (madness). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | mania. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | mania. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hosea Chapter 9, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Hkasin ai hmerai thV ekdikhsewV hkasin ai hmerai thV antapodosewV sou kai kakwqhsetai israhl wsper o profhthV o parexesthkwV anqrwpoV o pneumatoforoV upo tou plhqouV twn adikiwn sou eplhqunqh mania sou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Venerunt dies visitationis venerunt dies retributionis scitote Israhel stultum prophetam insanum virum spiritalem propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuae et multitudo amentiae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Days of visityng camen, days of yeldyng camen. Yrael, wite thou thee a fool, a wood prophete, a spirituel man, for the multitude of thi wickidnesse, and multitude of madnesse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the great hatred. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The days of punishment, the days of reward are come; Israel will be put to shame; the prophet is foolish, the man who has the spirit is off his head, because of your great sin. |
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| Language | Hosea Chapter 9, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang mga adlaw sa pagdu-aw miabut na, ang mga adlaw sa pagbalus midangat na; ang Israel mahibalo ra niini, nga magaingon: Ang manalagna maoy usa ka buang-buang, ang tawo nga nagabaton sa espiritu buang usab kana, tungod sa pagkadaghan sa imong kasal-anan, ug tungod kay ang panagkaaway daku man. |
| Croatian | Doðoše dani kazne! Doðoše dani odmazde! Nek' znade Izrael! Lud je prorok, nadahnuti bunca! Zbog velikog bezakonja tvoga i silnog buntovništva. |
| Danish | Hjemsøgelsens Dage kommer, Gengældelsens Dage, det skal Israel mærke. "Afsindig er Profeten, forrykt den af Ånden grebne" fordi din Brøde er stor og Fjendskabet stort! |
| Dutch | De dagen der bezoeking zijn gekomen, de dagen der vergelding zijn gekomen; die van Israel zullen het gewaar worden; de profeet is een dwaas, de man des geestes is onzinnig; om de grootheid uwer ongerechtigheid is de haat ook groot. |
| Finnish | Rangaistuksen päivät tulevat, koston päivät tulevat, Israel saa tuntea sen. Hulluna on oleva profeetta, mieletönnä hengen mies sinun paljojen rikoksiesi ja paljon vainoamisen tähden. |
| French | Ils arrivent, les jours du châtiment, Ils arrivent, les jours de la rétribution: Israël va l`éprouver! Le prophète est fou, l`homme inspiré a le délire, A cause de la grandeur de tes iniquités et de tes rébellions. |
| German | Die Zeit der Heimsuchung ist gekommen, die Zeit der Vergeltung; des wird Israel innewerden. Die Propheten sind Narren, und die Rottengeister sind wahnsinnig um deiner großen Missetat und um der großen feindseligen Abgötterei willen. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Jou pou yo pini nou an rive. Wi, lè pou yo ban nou sa nou merite a pral rive. Lè sa a, moun peyi Izrayèl yo va konprann sa k'ap rive yo a. Y'ap plede di: Pwofèt sa a pèdi tèt li. Nonm ki gen lespri Bondye moute l' la pa konn sa l'ap di. Men se paske yo fè gwo peche, se paske yo vire do bay Bondye kifè sa rive yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sudah tiba waktu penghukuman, waktu untuk menerima pembalasan atas segala perbuatan. Israel akan merasakannya! Kamu berkata, "Nabi yang dikuasai roh ini tolol! Gila dia!" Kamu berkata begitu karena kamu benci sekali kepadaku dan dosamu sangat besar. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa sudah datang hari pembalasannya, sudah datang hari tulahnya, dan Israelpun akan mengetahuinya. Maka orang nabi itu bodoh dan yang berkata dengan ilham roh itu gila! oleh karena kebesaran kesalahanmu maka besarlah juga kebencian. |
| Italian | Sono venuti i giorni del castigo, sono giunti i giorni del rendiconto, - Israele lo sappia: un pazzo è il profeta, l'uomo ispirato vaneggia - a causa delle tue molte iniquità, per la gravità del tuo affronto. |
| Maori | ¶ Kua tae mai nga ra o te tirotiro, kua tae mai nga ra whakautu; ka mohio a Iharaira: he wairangi te poropiti, he haurangi te tangata i te wairua, he nui hoki no tou kino, he nui no te mauahara. |
| Norwegian | Kommet er hjemsøkelsens dager, kommet er gjengjeldelsens dager; Israel skal få merke det: En dåre er profeten, avsindig er åndens mann, fordi din misgjerning er så stor og ditt fiendskap så sterkt. |
| Rumanian | Vin zilele pedepsei, vin zilele rqsplqtirii: Israel va vedea singur dacq proorocul este nebun, sau dacq omul knsuflat aiureazq. Wi aceasta din pricina mqrimii nelegiurilor wi rqzvrqtirilor tale. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mania": maniac, maniacal, maniacally, maniacs, manias. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "mania": apimania, balletomania, bibliomania, decalcomania, dipsomania, egomania, hypermania, hypomania, kleptomania, leishmania, megalomania, monomania, mythomania, nymphomania, pyromania, zoomania. (additional references) | |
Words containing "mania": apimanias, balletomanias, bibliomaniac, bibliomaniacal, bibliomaniacs, bibliomanias, decalcomanias, dipsomaniac, dipsomaniacal, dipsomaniacs, dipsomanias, egomaniac, egomaniacal, egomaniacally, egomaniacs, egomanias, hypermanias, hypomanias, kleptomaniac, kleptomaniacs, kleptomanias, leishmanial, leishmanias, leishmaniases, leishmaniasis, megalomaniac, megalomaniacal, megalomaniacally, megalomaniacs, megalomanias, monomaniac, monomaniacal, monomaniacally, monomaniacs, monomanias, mythomaniac, mythomaniacs, mythomanias, nymphomaniac, nymphomaniacal, nymphomaniacs, nymphomanias, pyromaniac, pyromaniacal, pyromaniacs, pyromanias, zoomanias. (additional references) | |
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"Mania" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amanya, amnea, Amni, amnia, Amnuai, anai, Ania, Emancia, Fania, Haniya, Kannia, Maasia, Macia, Macnair, Magia, Magnie, Mahia, Mahida, maiar, Mainau, mainia, Mainie, Mainyu, Maiwa, maji, majia, makia, malia, mamie, Mamita, Mamiya, mana, manah, manai, Manaia, manao, Manasa, Manau, manaw, Manbaa, mancia, mandie, Mandira, manea, manera, mangia, mangiamo, Manhica, mani, manian, maniaq, maniat, Maniatt, manica, manie, manig, Manika, Manin, manina, maniot, manip, manipal, manis, Manix, Manja, Manjil, Manjit, Mankan, Mankiw, Manlio, manni, mannie, Mannin, Mannix, Manoah, Manova, Manpie, mansa, mansit, Mantidae, manuar, manufa, manuka, manva, Manyika, Manykay, Manyo, manza, Manzie, Masia, Masnaa, Matia, mauie, mauii, maxia, meia, meina, Meinam, meinie, menai, Menair, menia, Mennea, Mfanya, Mihnea, Minia, Minita, minja, Minyip, mnea, mnla, mnvii, Moanie, Mongiat, monia, monie, Monix, moniz, monnie, Monoia, Muawiya, mumiai, mumiya, Mundia, munia, Munka, Mwana, Mwanza, Namiq, Nanai, Nanie, narnian, nayika, Nenia, Neniae, nyanya, rania, Umuahia, Vania. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mania" (pronounced mā"nēu) |
| 5 | m ā" n ē u | megalomania. |
| 3 | -n ē u | apnea, cornea, Eugenia, gonia, hernia, insignia, insomnia, millennia, neurasthenia, petunia, pollinia, schizophrenia, Sinfonia, vaccinia, Xenia, Zinnia. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: amain, amnia, anima. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-m-n" | |
-1 letter: amia, amin, main, mana, mina. | |
-2 letters: aim, ain, ama, ami, ana, ani, man, nam, nim. | |
-3 letters: aa, ai, am, an, in, ma, mi, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-m-n" | |
+1 letter: aidman, airman, anemia, animal, animas, caiman, lamina, magian, maniac, manias, manila, marina. | |
+2 letters: alumina, amanita, amazing, amboina, amentia, ammonia, amnesia, anaemia, anaemic, anemias, angioma, animals, animate, animato, anosmia, antijam, antiman, caimans, hazanim, laminae, laminal, laminar, laminas, magians, mahonia, mailman, manakin, maniacs, manilas, manilla, manioca, marinas, martian, matinal, siamang, stamina, tamarin, taximan, timpana. | |
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