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name
The goddess of the dead and ghosts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Roman
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
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noun
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: passion, cacoethes
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: irrational motive
Narrower terms: agromania, dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania, egomania, kleptomania, logorrhea, logomania, monomania, possession, necrophilia, necrophilism, necromania, phaneromania, pyromania, trichotillomania
noun
a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: manic disorder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance
Narrower terms: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria
History
From Latin Mania, related to manes (“spirits of the dead”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder. Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)der. Latin maniabor. English mania Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
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