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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An exaggerated desire or enthusiasm for: balletomania.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Used to form a word indicating a compulsion or obsession.

Etymologies

  1. From mania. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “Even though this looks like an especially weak year for Oscar contenders, it's difficult to imagine the academy suddenly changing its tune when it comes to "Potter"-mania.”

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  • “Twilight"-mania, Summit Entertainment has released seven new stills from "Breaking Dawn, Part 1," and we have to admit, they even make us excited for the vampy flick.”

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  • “With only one more month to go until "Twilight"-mania, Summit...”

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synonyms (8)

Words with the same meaning

  1. frenzy
  1. delirium
  1. insanity
  1. derangement
  1. aberration
  1. alienation
  1. madness
  1. lunacy

same context (24)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. insanity
  2. hysteria
  3. frenzy
  4. epilepsy
  1. delirium
  2. hallucination
  3. obsession
  4. convulsion
  1. dementia
  2. panic
  3. psychosis
  4. schizophrenia
  1. depression
  2. intoxication
  3. lunacy
  4. fever
  1. maniac
  2. delusion
  3. alcoholism
  4. paranoia
  1. blindness
  2. paralysis
  3. malady
  4. neurosis

rhymes (14)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Albania
  2. Germania
  1. Lithuania
  2. Lusitania
  1. Mauritania
  2. Pomerania
  1. Romania
  2. Rumania
  1. Ruritania
  2. Tanzania
  1. Tasmania
  2. Transylvania
  1. dromomania
  2. megalomania

reverse dictionary (74)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. pyromania
  2. monomania
  3. dinomania
  4. hieromania
  5. frenzy
  6. delirium
  7. possession
  8. eleutheromania
  9. iconomania
  10. empleomania
  11. xenomania
  12. bibliomania
  13. metromania
  14. opsomania
  1. pteridomania
  2. cleptomania
  3. demonomania
  4. hypomania
  5. photomania
  6. pseudomania
  7. choromania
  8. tarantism
  9. hysteromania
  10. mania
  11. maniac
  12. manic
  13. manic-depressive psychosis
  14. maniclike
  1. manie
  2. firebug
  3. gold fever
  4. germanomania
  5. grecomania
  6. grecomaniac
  7. logolept
  8. manic-depressive
  9. œnomaniac
  10. theatromania
  11. tigretier
  12. typomania
  13. zoanthropic
  14. bibliomaniac
  1. mesmeromania
  2. phonomania
  3. premaniacal
  4. pyromaniac
  5. blood-frenzy
  6. catatonia
  7. Anglomania
  8. atrabiliary
  9. amœnomania
  10. androphonomania
  11. anglomaniac
  12. antimaniacal
  13. bibliokleptomaniac
  14. furor
  1. Gallomania
  2. homicidal
  3. katatonia
  4. bipolar disorder
  5. cacoëthes
  6. bipolar
  7. drive
  8. manic depression
  9. manic depressive illness
  10. frenzied
  11. crack
  12. distraction
  13. incendiary
  14. insanity
  1. madness
  2. maniacal
  3. suicidal
  4. micromaniac

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Words tagged ‘-mania’

  1. hieromania

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