Manias


Manias

See also fads;insanity; -phile, -philia, -phily;phobias.
acromaniaa violent form of mania; incurable insanity.agoramaniaa mania for open spaces.agyiomaniaa mania for streets.ailuromaniaan abnormal love of cats.alcoholomaniaan obsession with alcohol.amaxomaniaa mania for being in vehicles.amenomaniaa mania for pleasing delusions.Americamaniaan obsession with America and things American.andromaniaan obsession with men; nymphomania.aphrodisiomaniaa mania for sexual pleasure.apimaniaan abnormal love of bees.automaniaan excessive liking for solitude.autophonomaniaan obsession with suicide.ballistomaniaan extreme interest in bullets.bibliomaniaan excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.cheromaniaan extreme love for gaiety.Chinamaniaan obsession with China and things Chinese.chionomaniaa mania for snow.choreomaniaa mania for dancing.chrematomaniaa mania for money.clinomaniaan obsession with bed rest.coprolalomaniaa mania for foul speech.cremnomaniaan abnormal interest in cliffs.cresomaniaa mania for great wealth.cynomaniaan abnormal love of dogs.Dantomaniaan obsession with Dante and his works.demomaniaochlomania.doramaniaa mania for fur.drapetomaniaa mania for running away.dromomaniaa mania for travel.ecdemiomaniaa mania for wandering.edeomaniaan obsession with genitals.empleomaniaan obsession with public employment.enomaniaa mania for wine. Also called oinomania.entheomaniaa mania for religion.entomomaniaan abnormal love of insects.eremiomaniaa mania for stillness.ergasiomaniaa mania for activity.ergomaniaa mania for work.eroticomaniaan abnormal interest in erotica.erotographomaniaan abnormal interest in erotic literature.erotomaniaan excessive propensity for sexual desire.erythromaniaa mania for blushing.etheromaniaa mania for ether.florimaniaa mania for plants and flowers.Francomaniaan obsession with France and things French.gamomania1. Obsolete, a form of mania characterized by strange and extravagant proposals of marriage.
2. an excessive longing for the married state.gephyromaniaa mania for crossing bridges.Germanomaniaan obsession with Germany and things German. Also called Teutonomania.graphomaniaan obsession with writing.Grecomaniaan obsession with Ancient Greece and Greeks.gymnomaniaa mania for nakedness.gynecomaniaabnormal sexual desire for women.hamartomaniaan obsession with sin.hedonomaniaa mania for pleasure.heliomaniaan abnormal love of the sun.hieromaniaa mania for priests.hippomaniaa mania for horses.hodomaniaan abnormal love of travel.homicidomaniaa mania for murder.hydrodipsomaniaan abnormal love of drinking water.hydromaniaan excessive love of water.hylomaniaa mania for wood.hypermaniaan acute mania.hypnomaniaa mania for sleep.hypomaniaa mild mania; submania.hysteromanianymphomania.ichthyomaniaan abnormal love of fish.iconomaniaa mania for icons.idolomaniaa mania for idols.Italomaniaan obsession with Italy and things Italian.kainomaniaa mania for novelty.kathisomaniaa mania for sitting.kinesomaniaa mania for movement.lalomaniaan abnormal love of speech or talking.lethomaniaa mania for narcotics.logomaniaa mania for words or talking.lycomanialycanthropy, a form of insanity in which a person imagines himself to be a wolf.lypemaniaan abnormal tendency toward deep melancholy.macromaniaa mania for becoming larger.mania1. a type of manie-depressive psychosis, exemplified by rapidly chang-ing ideas, extremes of emotion, and physical overactivity.
2. any violent or abnormal behavior. — maniac, n. — maniacal, adj.mentulomaniaan obsession with the penis.mesmeromaniaan obsession with hypnosis.micromaniaa mania for becoming smaller.monomania1. a partial insanity in which psychotic thinking is confined to one subject or group of subjects.
2. an excessive interest in or enthusiasm for a single thing, idea, or the like; obsession.musicomaniaa mania for music.musomaniaan abnormal love for mice.N.B.:Noun forms end in -mania and adjective forms end in -maniac or -maniacal.necromaniaan obsession with death or the dead. Cf. thanatomania.noctimaniaan abnormal love of the night.nosomaniaan obsession with imagined disease. See also hypochondriacism.nudomaniaa mania for nudity.nymphomaniain a woman, a mania for frequent, continued sexual inter-course. Also called oestromania. Cf. satyromania.ochlomaniaa mania for crowds. Also called demomania.oestromanianymphomania.oikomaniaan abnormal attachment to home.oinomaniaa mania for wine. Also called enomania.oligomaniaa mania conflned to several subjects. Cf. monomania, def. 1.oniomaniaan excessive desire to buy articles of all kinds.ophidiomaniaan abnormal love of reptiles.opsomaniaa mania for special kinds of food. Cf. phagomania, sitomania.orchidomaniaan obsession with testicles.ornithomaniaan abnormal love of birds.paramaniaan abnormal pleasure in complaints.parousiamaniaan abnormal anticipation of the second coming of Christ.pathomaniamoral insanity.phagomaniaa mania for food and eating. Cf. opsomania, sitomania.phaneromaniaa mania for picking at growths.pharmacomaniaa mania for medicines.philopatridomaniahomesickness.phonomaniaan abnormal love of noise.photomaniaan abnormal love of light.phronemomaniaa mania for thinking.phthisiomaniaan abnormal interest in tuberculosis.politicomaniaa mania for politics.pornographomaniaan abnormal interest in pornography.potomania1. an excessive tendency to drink alcoholic beverages.
2. delirium tremens. Also called tromomania.Russomaniaan obsession with Russia and things Russian.satyromaniain a man, a mania for frequent, continued sexual intercourse. Cf. nymphomania.scribomaniaa mania for writing.sideromaniaan obsession with railroad travel.sitomaniaan obsession with food. Cf. phagomania, opsomania.sophomaniaan excessive respect for one’s own wisdom.squandermaniaa mania for spending money.submaniaa mild mania; hypomania.symmetromaniaa mania for symmetry.TeutonomaniaGermanomania.thalassomaniaan abnormal love of the sea.thanatomaniaan obsession with death. Cf. necromania.theatromaniaa mania for the theater.timbromaniaa mania for postage stamps.tomomaniaan obsession with surgery.trichomaniaan obsession with hair.trichorrhexomaniaa mania for pinching off one’s hair.tristimaniamelancholy.tromomaniadelirium tremens. Also called potomania.Turkomaniaan obsession with Turkey and things Turkish.typomaniaan obsession with the expectation of publication.xenomaniaa mania for foreigners.zoomaniaan abnormal love of animals.