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mania

Syllables: ma·ni·a/ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/

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British/ˈmɛjnɪjə/

mania noun: violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.

Noun

mania (countable and uncountable, plural manias)

  1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
  2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
    • One of the manias of the present day, which especially excites my spleen, is the locomotive rage which seems to possess all ranks—that necessity of going out of town in the summer...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 233
    • Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have...2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2020
  3. The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

Proper noun capitalized: Mania

Mania

  1. (Roman) The goddess of the dead and ghosts.

mania meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

mania in Tamil

மட்டுமீறிய ஆவல், மூளைக்கோளாறு, வெறி, உன்மத்தம், பித்து, உளக்கிளர்ச்சி

mania in Urdu

عشق, جنون, خبط, پاگل پن, سنک, سودا

mania in Bengali

প্রচণ্ড ক্ষিপ্ততা

mania in Malayalam

ഭ്രാന്ത്, മതിഭ്രംശം, അത്യാസക്തി, കമ്പം
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mania in Kannada
ಬುದ್ಧಿವಿಕಲ್ಪ, ಚಿತ್ತವಿಕಾರ, ಉನ್ಮಾದ, ಚಿತ್ತಭ್ರಮೆ
mania in Punjabi
ਜਨੂਨ janūn

Examples of mania in a sentence

  • It remains to be seen whether the current valuations in certain sectors will turn out to be a tulip mania.
  • Over the days that follow Andrew's party, the craigslisting mania from our potential seller does not abate.
  • The score is also a reminder of what fueled Morgan’s shopping mania, uncurbable and lifelong.

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Forms of mania

Noun
pluralmanias
Proper noun
alternative formManea

Plural of mania: manias

Origin of mania

Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

From Latin Mānia, related to mānes (“spirits of the dead”).

Words formed from mania

Phrases with mania

Words that rhyme with mania

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Questions about mania

What does mania mean?
Mania means violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
What is mania in Tamil?
Mania in Tamil is மட்டுமீறிய ஆவல், மூளைக்கோளாறு, வெறி. See Mania meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mania?
Mania can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mania?
Mania is pronounced /ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of mania?
The plural of mania is manias.

Words near mania in the dictionary

  1. mani wheel
  2. mani wheels
  3. mani-
  4. mani-pedi
  5. mani-pedis
  6. mania
  7. mania a potu
  8. mania-like
  9. maniable
  10. maniac
  11. maniacal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mania (page history and authors); Mania (page history and authors); mania (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mania (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mania (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mania (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mania (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜਨੂਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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