Mania is generally described as “madness” or “mental derangement.” It is used in the mental health fields to mean the excitable, overactive phase of bipolar disorder. It is used as a suffix, to describe a compulsion for example, kleptomania (to steal) or pyromania (to set fires). Also it is used as a suffix to describe enthusiasm for example, Beatlemania (crazy about Beatles) or Pottermania (crazy about Harry Potter).. So what are you waiting for let us dig in..... to study and score.
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| Term | Definition |
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| ablutomania |
mania for washing oneself |
| aboulomania | pathological indecisiveness |
| acrophibia | extreme fear of heights |
| agromania | intense desire to be in open spaces |
| andromania | excessive or crazed sexual desire |
| anglomania | craze or obsession with England and the English |
| anthomania |
obsession with flowers |
| aphrodisiomania | abnormal sexual interest |
| arithmomania | obsessive preoccupation with numbers |
| balletomania | abnormal fondness for ballet |
| bibliomania | craze for books or reading |
| bruxomania | compulsion for grinding teeth |
| cacodemomania | pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit |
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catapedamania |
obsession with jumping from high places |
| chinamania | obsession with collecting china |
| choreomania | dancing mania or frenzy |
| clinomania | excessive desire to stay in bed |
| copromania | obsession with feces |
| cytheromania | excessive or crazed sexual desire |
| dacnomania |
obsession with killing |
| demonomania | pathological belief that one is possessed by demons |
| dinomania | mania for dancing |
| dipsomania | abnormal craving for alcohol |
| discomania | obsession for disco music |
| doramania | obsession with owning furs |
| doromania | obsession with giving gifts |
| drapetomania | intense desire to run away from home |
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dromomania |
compulsive longing for travel |
| ecdemomania |
abnormal compulsion for wandering |
| egomania | irrational self-centered attitude or self-worship |
| eleutheromania | manic desire for freedom |
| empleomania | mania for holding public office |
| enosimania | pathological belief that one has sinned |
| entheomania | abnormal belief that one is divinely inspired |
| epomania | craze for writing epics |
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ergasiomania |
excessive desire to work |
| ergomania | excessive desire to work; workaholism |
| erotomania | abnormally powerful sex drive |
| etheromania | craving for ether |
| ethnomania | obsessive devotion to one's own people |
| eulogomania | obsessive craze for eulogies |
| flagellomania |
abnormal enthusiasm for flogging |
| florimania | craze for flowers |
| francomania | craze or obsession with France and the French |
| gallomania | craze or obsession with France and the French |
| gamomania | obsession with issuing odd marriage proposals |
| Graecomania | obsession with Greece and the Greeks |
| graphomania | obsession with writing |
| gynaecomania | abnormal sexual obsession with women |
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habromania |
insanity featuring cheerful delusions |
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hagiomania |
mania for sainthood |
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Hellenomania |
obsession with Greece and the Greeks; Graecomania |
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hexametromania |
mania for writing in hexameter |
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hieromania |
pathological religious visions or delusions |
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hippomania |
obsession with horses |
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hydromania |
irrational craving for water |
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hylomania |
excessive tendency towards materialism |
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hypermania |
severe mania |
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hypomania |
minor mania |
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iconomania |
obsession with icons or portraits |
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idolomania |
obsession or devotion to idols |
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infomania |
excessive devotion to accumulating facts |
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islomania |
craze or obsession for islands |
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Italomania |
obsession with Italy or Italians |
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kleptomania |
irrational predilection for stealing |
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logomania |
obsession with logos |
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lypemania |
extreme pathological mournfulness |
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macromania |
delusion that objects are larger than natural size |
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megalomania |
abnormal tendency towards grand or grandiose behaviour |
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melomania |
craze for music |
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methomania |
morbid craving for alcohol |
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metromania |
insatiable desire for writing verse |
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micromania |
pathological self-deprecation or belief that one is very small |
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monomania |
abnormal obsession with a single thought or idea |
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morphinomania |
habitual craving or desire for morphine |
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musomania |
obsession with music |
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mythomania |
lying or exaggerating to an abnormal extent |
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narcomania |
uncontrollable craving for narcotics |
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necromania |
sexual obsession with dead bodies; necrophilia |
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nosomania |
delusion of suffering from a disease |
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nostomania |
abnormal desire to go back to familiar places |
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nymphomania |
excessive or crazed sexual desire |
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oenomania |
obsession or craze for wine |
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oligomania |
obsession with a few thoughts or ideas |
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oniomania |
mania for making purchases |
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onomamania |
mania for names |
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onomatomania |
irresistible desire to repeat certain words |
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onychotillomania |
compulsive picking at the fingernails |
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opiomania |
craving for opium |
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opsomania |
abnormal love for one kind of food |
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orchidomania |
abnormal obsession with orchids |
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parousiamania |
obsession with the second coming of Christ |
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pathomania |
moral insanity |
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peotillomania |
abnormal compulsion for pulling on the penis |
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phagomania |
excessive desire for food or eating |
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phaneromania |
habit of biting one’s nails |
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pharmacomania |
abnormal obsession with trying drugs |
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phonomania |
pathological tendency to murder |
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photomania |
pathological desire for light |
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phyllomania |
excessive or abnormal production of leaves |
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phytomania |
obsession with collecting plants |
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planomania |
abnormal desire to wander and disobey social norms |
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plutomania |
mania for money |
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polemomania |
mania for war |
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politicomania |
mania for politics |
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polkamania |
craze for polka dancing |
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polymania |
mania affecting several different mental faculties |
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poriomania |
abnormal compulsion to wander |
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pornomania |
obsession with pornography |
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potichomania |
craze for imitating Oriental porcelain |
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potomania |
abnormal desire to drink alcohol |
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pseudomania |
irrational predilection for lying |
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pteridomania |
passion for ferns |
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pyromania |
craze for starting fires |
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rhinotillexomania |
compulsive nose picking |
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rinkomania |
obsession with skating |
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satyromania |
abnormally great male sexual desire |
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scribbleomania |
obsession with scribbling |
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sebastomania |
religious insanity |
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sitiomania |
morbid aversion to food |
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sophomania |
delusion that one is incredibly intelligent |
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squandermania |
irrational propensity for spending money wastefully |
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stampomania |
obsession with stamp-collecting |
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syphilomania |
pathological belief that one is afflicted with syphilis |
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technomania |
craze for technology |
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teutomania |
obsession with Teutonic or German things |
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thanatomania |
belief that one has been affected by death magic, and resulting illness |
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theatromania |
craze for going to plays |
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theomania |
belief that one is a god |
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timbromania |
craze for stamp collecting |
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tomomania |
irrational predilection for performing surgery |
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toxicomania |
morbid craving for poisons |
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trichotillomania |
neurosis where patient pulls out own hair |
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tulipomania |
obsession with tulips |
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typhomania |
delirious state resulting from typhus fever |
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typomania |
craze for printing one’s lucubrations |
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uranomania |
obsession with the idea of divinity |
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verbomania |
craze for words |
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xenomania |
inordinate attachment to foreign things |
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zoomania |
insane fondness for animals |
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