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.
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