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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mania \Ma"ni*a\, n. [L. mania, Gr ?, fr ? to rage; cf OE
manie, F. manie. Cf {Mind}, n., Necromancy.]
1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf
{Delirium}.
2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting
one or many people; as the tulip mania.
{Mania a potu} [L.], madness from drinking; delirium tremens
Syn: Insanity; derangement; madness; lunacy; alienation;
aberration; delirium; frenzy. See {Insanity}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mania
n 1: an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
[syn: {passion}, {cacoethes}]
2: a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim
tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently [syn:
{manic disorder}]
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