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Synonyms
ma·ni·a (mā́nē-ə, māńyə)

[Middle English, madness, from Late Latin, from Greek maniā.]

noun 

  1. An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire; a craze: a mania for neatness.
  2. Psychiatry A manifestation of bipolar disorder, characterized by profuse and rapidly changing ideas, exaggerated sexuality, gaiety, or irritability, and decreased sleep.
  3. Violent abnormal behavior. See synonyms at insanity