List of manias

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Reference excerpt

The English suffix -mania denotes an obsession with something; a mania. The suffix is used in some medical terms denoting mental disorders. It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject. Cambridge Dictionary has defined mania as “a very strong interest in something that fills a person's mind or uses up all their time” Britannica Dictionary defined mania as a mental illness in which a person becomes very emotional or excited.

Psychological conditions

A Aboulomania – indecisiveness (aboulo- (Greek) meaning irresolution or indecision) Andromania – human sexual behaviour and desire towards males in females (andro- (Greek) meaning man, men, male or masculine) Can be replaced by hypersexuality, nymphomania, cytheromania, hysteromania or aphrodisiomania. Anglomania – England and a passion or obsession with the English (i.e. anglophile) See also anglophobia. Arithmomania, arithmomania – numbers and counting (arithmo- (Greek) meaning number) Ablutomania - Mania for washing oneself Agromania - Intense desire to be in open spaces Anthomania - Obsession with flowers

B Bibliomania – books and reading (biblio- (Greek) meaning books)

C Choreomania, choromania – dancing (choreo- (Greek) meaning dance)

D Demonomania – one's own demonic possession (delusional conviction) Dermatillomania – picking at the skin Dipsomania – alcohol (dipso- (Greek) meaning thirst) Drapetomania – running away from home (pseudoscience) Dromomania – traveling

E Egomania – obsession with oneself and self-worship (ego- (Latin) meaning I, first person and singular pronoun) Ergomania, ergasiomania – work (ergasio- or ergo- (Greek) meaning work) Erotomania – sexual desire or sexual attraction from strangers (delusional conviction) (eroto- (Greek) meaning sexual passion or desire) Etheromania – addiction to diethyl ether (ethero- (Greek > Latin) meaning upper air or sky) Eleutheromania – an intense and irresistible desire for freedom

G Graphomania – writing or making lists (grapho- (Greek) meaning to write) Gigantomania - is the production of unusually and superfluously large works.

H Hypermania – severe mania—mental state with high intensity disorientation and often violent behavior, symptomatic of bipolar disorder (hyper- (Greek) meaning abnormal excess) Hypomania – mild mania—mental state with persistent and pervasive elevated or irritable mood, symptomatic of bipolar disorder (hypo- (Greek) meaning deficient)

K Kleptomania, klopemania – urge to steal Klazomania – screaming

L Logomania – being wordy and talkative i.e. loquacity Ludomania – gambling

M Mania – severely elevated mood Megalomania – wealth and power Micromania – self-deprecation Monomania – a single object, type of object, or concept Mythomania – compulsive lying Melomania – excessive or abnormal love of music

N Nymphomania – an obsolete term for female hypersexuality

O Oniomania – desire to shop Onychotillomania – picking at the fingernails

P Plutomania – greed/obsession with money or wealth (ploutos- (Greek) meaning wealth) Politicomania - obsession with politics Pteridomania – ferns Pyromania – fire or starting fires

R Rhinotillexomania – nose picking (rhino- (Greek) meaning nose and tillexis- meaning to pluck, tear, pull or pick at)

S Satyromania – excessive, often uncontrollable sexual desire in and behavior by a man (satyr- (Greek > Latin) meaning a woodland deity, part man and part goat; riotous merriment and lechery)

T Theomania – one's own divinity or one's divine mission Toxicomania – poisons Trichotillomania – pulling out one's hair Typomania – printing one's works

Pop culture and celebrities The -mania suffix is also used to describe immense appreciations, fandoms and trends that are not necessarily psychological, including popular culture and politics.

Balloonomania – 18th and 19th century interest in hot-air balloons Bartmania – American television series The Simpsons (particularly character Bart Simpson), early 1990s Beatlemania – English band the Beatles, 1960s Dalekmania – Dalek characters from Doctor Who, c. 1965 Dianamania – Diana, Princess of Wales, 1980s and 1990s Jacksonmania – Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 Leo-mania – American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, late 1990s Lisztomania – Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, 1840s Littlermania - British darts player Luke Littler, and the sport overall, from 2024 Madonnamania - American singer Madonna, from c. 1985 Mansell-mania – British racing driver Nigel Mansell, 1980s–1995 Orchidelirium, also known as orchidomania – orchids in the Victorian period Pineapple mania – early 18th century to mid-to-late-19th century fascination with pineapples Pokémania - Video game franchise Pokémon, c. 1999 to 2000 Sinatramania – American singer Frank Sinatra, mid-1940s Swiftmania – American singer Taylor Swift, 2020s

Politics and economics Corbynmania – British Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn (2015 to 2020) Jacindamania – New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern (2017 to 2023) Obama-mania – United States president and senator Barack Obama, late 2000s and early 2010s Railway Mania – Stock market bubble in the railway industry in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1840s Trudeaumania – the Canadian politician Pierre Trudeau Tulipomania – a metaphor for an economic bubble

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with List of manias

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of manias claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of manias before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of manias ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of manias

In research: List of manias appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of manias in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of manias is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Glossaries of medicine, Lists of words, Mania, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of manias outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

How to study List of manias in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is List of manias in simple terms?

The English suffix -mania denotes an obsession with something; a mania. The suffix is used in some medical terms denoting mental disorders.

Why does List of manias matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study List of manias?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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