/ ˈmeɪniə; NAmE / noun
1.
[ C , usually sing. , U ] mania (for sth / for doing sth) an extremely strong desire or enthusiasm for sth, often shared by a lot of people at the same time
SYN craze :
He had a mania for fast cars.
Football mania is sweeping the country.
2.
[ U ] ( psychology ) a mental illness in which sb has an obsession about sth that makes them extremely anxious, violent or confused
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : via late Latin from Greek , literally madness , from mainesthai be mad.