MANIA Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

mania

noun

ˈmā-nē-ə

Definition of mania

as in dementia

a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life that form of mania often manifests itself in excessive and often incoherent talkativeness

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something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned his wife was baffled and amused by his mania for old comic books

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Recent Examples of mania All the mining operations have pivoted their best GPUs to the data center mania. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 Brennan’s first show—no stranger to backlash for its frank exploration of adolescent sexuality and mental health, among other things—may have prepared him for the mania around Monster. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026 The railway manias left behind functioning rail networks, and the dot-com bubble left behind server and network infrastructure that made the following two decades of internet companies cheap to build. — Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The issue looks at lots of the things that defined the decade — from Seinfeld topping the TV ratings to Titanic mania sweeping the nation. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mania

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Noun

Teri passed away in October 2012 after a long illness due to dementia.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Earlier research indicated that estrogen-only HRT might actually increase dementia risk, especially if started after age 65.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 18 Aug. 2026

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What makes brisket unique is that its price increase has coincided with an explosion in demand, driven by an almost cult-like obsession with barbecue over the past several years.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026
In Kris’ case, that obsession was with Camp Miasma, its tortured villain Little Death, and the oversexualized victims who ended up on the other end of Little Death’s spear, terrible sequel after terrible sequel.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of obsession

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Yates was eventually found not guilty by reason of insanity and remains committed to a state mental health facility.

— Deborah Becker, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Ulrich plays the enigmatic and manipulative cult leader, who pleads insanity and claims to be taking his commands directly from God.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of insanity

Noun

The sociologist Brian Donovan, in a book on the subject, describes how the hysteria over white slavery served at once as a progressive campaign against prostitution and as a vindication of nativist fear.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
At different points in history, this condition has been called hysteria or conversion disorder.

— Mackenzi Moore, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of hysteria

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But no one checked tickets, and only passengers were in the car when Brown, a 32-year-old homeless man diagnosed with schizophrenia, is accused of stabbing Zarutska’s neck.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026
Dominguez, diagnosed with schizophrenia, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the killings and the near-fatal attack on the spree’s sole survivor, Kimberlee Guillory, at both his retrial and his initial 2025 murder trial.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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