mania

Etymology

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

noun

  1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
  2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
  3. 2013-07-20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
  4. (psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
    2004 March, G. E. Berrios, “Of Mania: introduction (Classic text no. 57)”, in History of Psychiatry, number 15, →DOI, →PMID, pages 105–124:

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