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mania

Definition

  • noun: mental illness in which a person becomes very emotional or excited
  • noun: excitement 'manifested' by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: frenzy, delirium, insanity

Examples

  • She would typically experience a period of 'mania' and then suddenly become deeply depressed.

  • The band was part of the early rock-and-roll 'mania'. [='craze']

  • The entire city has been gripped by baseball 'mania'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) No, now is exactly the time not to stop. Because, you see, I'm not getting any better! But this isn't medicine anymore, this is mania. There's some things, just can't be fixed. - Life without my work... - Is still life. This isn't the end. (..)
    2016 Doctor Strange