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mania

ma·ni·a
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mey-nee-uh, meyn-yuh]
    • /ˈmeɪ ni ə, ˈmeɪn yə/
    • /ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mey-nee-uh, meyn-yuh]
    • /ˈmeɪ ni ə, ˈmeɪn yə/

Definitions of mania word

  • noun mania an ancient Roman goddess of the dead. 1
  • noun mania Mental illness marked by periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions, and overactivity. 1
  • noun mania psychiatric disorder 1
  • noun mania craze, popularity 1
  • noun mania fanatical interest 1
  • countable noun mania If you say that a person or group has a mania for something, you mean that they enjoy it very much or spend a lot of time on it. 0

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Origin of mania

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek manía madness; akin to maenad, mind

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Mania

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

mania popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

mania usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for mania

noun mania

  • craziness — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
  • fascination — the power or action of fascinating.
  • lunacy — insanity; mental disorder.
  • rage — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
  • passion — any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.

Antonyms for mania

noun mania

  • calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
  • dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
  • hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
  • indifference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
  • hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.

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