Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - mania
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Mania
mania
~ n 1 a very strong desire for something or interest in something, especially one that affects a lot of people at the same time + for (A mania for a game called Nibs ran through the school.) religious/football/disco etc mania (The whole country is in the grip of football mania.) 2 technical a serious mental illness
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(manias) 1. If you say that a person or group has a mania for something, you mean that they enjoy it very much or spend a lot of time on it. It seemed to some observers that the English had a mania for travelling... ...Mozart mania. N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N for n/-ing, n N 2. Mania is a mental illness which causes the sufferer to become very worried or concerned about something. ...the treatment of mania... N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek, from mainesthai to be mad; akin to Greek menos spirit — more at mind Date: 14th century 1. excitement manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood; specifically the manic phase of bipolar disorder 2. a. excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm a ~ for saving things — often used in combination b. the object of such enthusiasm ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 Psychol. mental illness marked by periods of great excitement and violence. 2 (often foll. by for) excessive enthusiasm; an obsession (has a mania for jogging). Etymology: ME f. LL f. Gk, = madness f. mainomai be mad, rel. to MIND MANIA comb. form 1 Psychol. denoting a special type of mental abnormality or obsession (megalomania; nymphomania). 2 denoting extreme enthusiasm or admiration (bibliomania; Anglomania). ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. мед. мания, маниакальный синдром suicidal mania —- мания самоубийства persecution mania, mania of persecution —- мания преследования 2. мания, увлечение a mania for work —- увлечение работой the tulip mania in Holland —- увлечение тюльпанами в Голландии her interest in amateur theatricals had become a mania —- она помешалась на самодеятельности 3. (-mania) компонент сложных слов; в русском языке соответствует компоненту -мания, указывает на 4. болезненное психическое состояние: kleptomania —- клептомания megalomania —- мегаломания 5. сильное влечение, пристрастие к чему-л. (часто неодобр.): Anglomania —- англомания bibliomania —- библиомания ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1385, from L.L. mania "insanity, madness," from Gk. mania "madness," related to mainesthai "to rage, go mad," also related to menos "passion, spirit," all from PIE *mn-/*men- "think." Sense of "fad, craze" is 1689, from Fr. manie. Used since 1500s (in imitation of Gk.) as the second element in compounds expressing particular types of madness (cf. nymphomania, 1775; kleptomania, 1830; megalomania, 1890). Maniac (adj.) borrowed 1604 from Fr. maniaque, from L.L. maniacus, from Gk. maniakos, from mania. The noun sense of this word is 1763, from the adj. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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