MANIA


Meaning of MANIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ meɪniə ]

( 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

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