noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A mania for a game called Nibs ran through the school.
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Aunt Edna was scathing about her cousin's religious mania .
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I had a mania for cleanliness, and once made him stay in all day while I washed all his clothes.
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Lottery mania is sweeping the state.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Harvey had always had a mania for showers and baths and he had taken to the sauna ritual with great enthusiasm.
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In both manias fusion with the psychic representative of the parental figure - the superego - occurs with comparable consequences.
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Mood disorders such as mania and depression involve inappropriate emotional responses.
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The mania persisted into the present century.
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They have a mania for getting at the most delicate parts of the engine.
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They tend to get disorganized as the mania increases, and even more prone to poor judgment.
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Whatever his manias, his music remains a cornerstone of the classical repertoire.