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   ma·ni·a

   /ˈmānēə/

   noun

   • 1. mental illness marked by periods of great excitement or euphoria, delusions, and overactivity: "many people suffering from mania do not think anything is wrong" Similar madnessderangementdementiainsanitylunacydementednesspsychosisschizophreniamental illnessdeliriumfrenzyhysteriaravingviolencewildness
   • ▪ an excessive enthusiasm or desire; an obsession: "he had a mania for automobiles" Similar obsessioncompulsionfixationfetishfascinationpreoccupationpassionenthusiasmdesireurgecravingcrazefadrageinformal:thingyenrare:cacoethes

   Word Origin late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek, literally ‘madness’, from mainesthai ‘be mad’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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