mania
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
Types & categories
- irrational motive hypernym
- agromania hyponym
- dipsomania hyponym
- egomania hyponym
- kleptomania hyponym
- logorrhea hyponym
- monomania hyponym
- necrophilia hyponym
- phaneromania hyponym
- pyromania hyponym
- trichotillomania hyponym
Related & opposite
- frenzied derivation
Sense 2 noun
a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
Types & categories
- affective disorder hypernym
- hysteria hyponym
Related & opposite
- frenzied derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | frenzied |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | irrational motive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | agromania |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dipsomania |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | egomania |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kleptomania |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | logorrhea |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monomania |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | necrophilia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phaneromania |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyromania |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trichotillomania |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | frenzied |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | affective disorder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hysteria |