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manic, a.|ˈmænɪk|
[f. mania: see -ic.]
1. Of, pertaining to, affected with, or resembling mania. Also as n., a person affected with mania.
1902Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) V. 124/1 She showed a typical picture of a manic excitement with great exhilaration, flight of ideas, and distractability. 1921R. M. Barclay Kraepelin's Manic-Depressive Insanity & Paranoia 54 The conspicuous contrasts between manic and depressive attacks. 1922R. S. Woodworth Psychol. xi. 259 In the excited insane condition known as ‘mania’ or the ‘manic state’, the patient is excessively distractible. 1957P. Lafitte Person in Psychol. vi. 75 The manic hopelessly flees the devil wherever he goes. 1957Observer 6 Oct. 18/7 That manic transatlantic zing which is part of the fascination of the Marx Brothers. 1964New Statesman 6 Mar. 367/1 Entirely faithful as expositor, Dr. Segal brings to bear her own contributions, particularly in regard to what she calls manic reparation.
2. Comb. manic depression, the condition of manic-depressive illness; manic-depressive a., characterized by or affected with alternating periods of elation and mental depression; also fig.; hence as n., a person so affected.
1958M. Argyle Relig. Behaviour ix. 108 The upper and middle classes have higher rates for manic depression and neurosis. 1964― Psychol. & Social Probl. vi. 78 Schizophrenia is thought by some to be inherited by two or more recessive genes, manic depression via two or more dominant ones. 1973Nature 16 Feb. 480/1 A disproportionate number of patients with schizophrenia or manic-depression were born in the early months of the year.
1902A. R. Defendorf Clin. Psychiatry 282 Manic-Depressive Insanity. This term is applied to that mental disorder which recurs..throughout the life of the individual and in which a defective hereditary endowment seems to be the..prominent etiological factor. 1931E. Wilson Axel's Castle iii. 92 The modern psychologists would probably diagnose him as introverted, narcissistic and manic depressive. 1934P. Bottome Private Worlds xxi. 206 A gland experiment which would help them to get a certain physical reaction from manic depressives. 1943J. S. Huxley Evolutionary Ethics ii. 13 Complete alternation of conflicting moods is exemplified in manic-depressives. 1959R. Graves Coll. Poems 315 Have seen two parallel red-ink lines drawn Under their manic-depressive bank accounts. 1961J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xxvii. 298 Greed depresses you. Crime depresses you. Corruption depresses you. You know, it wouldn't surprise me if you're a manic-depressive! 1961L. Mumford City in Hist. xv. 520 It was the manic-depressive rhythm of the market, with its spurts and stoppages, that made the large urban centre so important to industry. 1970Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. LXXXIII. 76 A study of the neurotic tendencies shown in dementia praecox and manic depressive insanity. 1973Sci. Amer. Sept. 117/3 Manic-depressive psychosis is marked by severe disturbances in mood that are self⁓limited in time but are recurrent and frequently cyclic. |