254. Manias

See also 150. FADS ; 224. INSANITY ; 311. -PHILE, -PHILIA, -PHILY ; 313. PHOBIAS .

N.B.:

Noun forms end in -mania and adjective forms end in -maniac or -maniacal.

acromania

a violent form of mania; incurable insanity.

agoramania

a mania for open spaces.

agyiomania

a mania for streets.

ailuromania

an abnormal love of cats.

alcoholomania

an obsession with alcohol.

amaxomania

a mania for being in vehicles.

amenomania

a mania for pleasing delusions.

Americamania

an obsession with America and things American.

andromania

an obsession with men; nymphomania.

aphrodisiomania

a mania for sexual pleasure.

apimania

an abnormal love of bees.

automania

an excessive liking for solitude.

autophonomania

an obsession with suicide.

ballistomania

an extreme interest in bullets.

bibliomania

an excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.

cheromania

an extreme love for gaiety.

Chinamania

an obsession with China and things Chinese.

chionomania

a mania for snow.

choreomania

a mania for dancing.

chrematomania

a mania for money.

clinomania

an obsession with bed rest.

coprolalomania

a mania for foul speech.

cremnomania

an abnormal interest in cliffs.

cresomania

a mania for great wealth.

cynomania

an abnormal love of dogs.

Dantomania

an obsession with Dante and his works.

demomania

ochlomania.

doramania

a mania for fur.

drapetomania

a mania for running away.

dromomania

a mania for travel.

ecdemiomania

a mania for wandering.

edeomania

an obsession with genitals.

empleomania

an obsession with public employment.

enomania

a mania for wine. Also called oinomania.

entheomania

a mania for religion.

entomomania

an abnormal love of insects.

eremiomania

a mania for stillness.

ergasiomania

a mania for activity.

ergomania

a mania for work.

eroticomania

an abnormal interest in erotica.

erotographomania

an abnormal interest in erotic literature.

erotomania

an excessive propensity for sexual desire.

erythromania

a mania for blushing.

etheromania

a mania for ether.

florimania

a mania for plants and flowers.

Francomania

an obsession with France and things French.

gamomania

1. Obsolete, a form of mania characterized by strange and extravagant proposals of marriage.

2. an excessive longing for the married state.

gephyromania

a mania for crossing bridges.

Germanomania

an obsession with Germany and things German. Also called Teutonomania .

graphomania

an obsession with writing.

Grecomania

an obsession with Ancient Greece and Greeks.

gymnomania

a mania for nakedness.

gynecomania

abnormal sexual desire for women.

hamartomania

an obsession with sin.

hedonomania

a mania for pleasure.

heliomania

an abnormal love of the sun.

hieromania

a mania for priests.

hippomania

a mania for horses.

hodomania

an abnormal love of travel.

homicidomania

a mania for murder.

hydrodipsomania

an abnormal love of drinking water.

hydromania

an excessive love of water.

hylomania

a mania for wood.

hypermania

an acute mania.

hypnomania

a mania for sleep.

hypomania

a mild mania; submania.

hysteromania

nymphomania.

ichthyomania

an abnormal love of fish.

iconomania

a mania for icons.

idolomania

a mania for idols.

Italomania

an obsession with Italy and things Italian.

kainomania

a mania for novelty.

kathisomania

a mania for sitting.

kinesomania

a mania for movement.

lalomania

an abnormal love of speech or talking.

lethomania

a mania for narcotics.

logomania

a mania for words or talking.

lycomania

lycanthropy, a form of insanity in which a person imagines himself to be a wolf.

lypemania

an abnormal tendency toward deep melancholy.

macromania

a mania for becoming larger.

mania

1. a type of manie-depressive psychosis, exemplified by rapidly chang-ing ideas, extremes of emotion, and physical overactivity.

2. any violent or abnormal behavior. — maniac , n. — maniacal , adj.

mentulomania

an obsession with the penis.

mesmeromania

an obsession with hypnosis.

micromania

a mania for becoming smaller.

monomania

1. a partial insanity in which psychotic thinking is confined to one subject or group of subjects.

2. an excessive interest in or enthusiasm for a single thing, idea, or the like; obsession.

musicomania

a mania for music.

musomania

an abnormal love for mice.

necromania

an obsession with death or the dead. Cf. thanatomania.

noctimania

an abnormal love of the night.

nosomania

an obsession with imagined disease. See also hypochondriacism .

nudomania

a mania for nudity.

nymphomania

in a woman, a mania for frequent, continued sexual inter-course. Also called oestromania. Cf. satyromania .

ochlomania

a mania for crowds. Also called demomania .

oestromania

nymphomania.

oikomania

an abnormal attachment to home.

oinomania

a mania for wine. Also called enomania .

oligomania

a mania conflned to several subjects. Cf. monomania, def. 1.

oniomania

an excessive desire to buy articles of all kinds.

ophidiomania

an abnormal love of reptiles.

opsomania

a mania for special kinds of food. Cf. phagomania, sitomania .

orchidomania

an obsession with testicles.

ornithomania

an abnormal love of birds.

paramania

an abnormal pleasure in complaints.

parousiamania

an abnormal anticipation of the second coming of Christ.

pathomania

moral insanity.

phagomania

a mania for food and eating. Cf. opsomania, sitomania .

phaneromania

a mania for picking at growths.

pharmacomania

a mania for medicines.

philopatridomania

homesickness.

phonomania

an abnormal love of noise.

photomania

an abnormal love of light.

phronemomania

a mania for thinking.

phthisiomania

an abnormal interest in tuberculosis.

politicomania

a mania for politics.

pornographomania

an abnormal interest in pornography.

potomania

1. an excessive tendency to drink alcoholic beverages.

2. delirium tremens. Also called tromomania .

Russomania

an obsession with Russia and things Russian.

satyromania

in a man, a mania for frequent, continued sexual intercourse. Cf. nymphomania .

scribomania

a mania for writing.

sideromania

an obsession with railroad travel.

sitomania

an obsession with food. Cf. phagomania, opsomania .

sophomania

an excessive respect for one’s own wisdom.

squandermania

a mania for spending money.

submania

a mild mania; hypomania.

symmetromania

a mania for symmetry.

Teutonomania

Germanomania.

thalassomania

an abnormal love of the sea.

thanatomania

an obsession with death. Cf. necromania .

theatromania

a mania for the theater.

timbromania

a mania for postage stamps.

tomomania

an obsession with surgery.

trichomania

an obsession with hair.

trichorrhexomania

a mania for pinching off one’s hair.

tristimania

melancholy.

tromomania

delirium tremens. Also called potomania .

Turkomania

an obsession with Turkey and things Turkish.

typomania

an obsession with the expectation of publication.

xenomania

a mania for foreigners.

zoomania

an abnormal love of animals.