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polymania

polymania noun: total insanity, as contrasted with monomania.

Noun

polymania (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) total insanity, as contrasted with monomania

Origin of polymania

From poly- + -mania.

Questions about polymania

What does polymania mean?
Polymania means total insanity, as contrasted with monomania.
What part of speech is polymania?
Polymania is a noun.

Words near polymania in the dictionary

  1. polymacromonomer
  2. polymalformative
  3. polymalformed
  4. polymaltose
  5. polymaltoses
  6. polymania
  7. polymannose
  8. polymannuronate
  9. polymannuronates
  10. polymannuronic
  11. polymastia

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