mania
madness, frenzy
Greek · mania (μανία)
Mania comes from Greek mania, "madness, frenzy". It appears as -mania in words for an extreme obsession, and in words about wild enthusiasm.
Memory trick
MANIA is a frenzy: cricket-mania fills the stadium with madly cheering fans.
Words from this root
- bibliomania (biblio + mania) — extreme love of collecting booksकिताबें जमा करने की सनक
- dipsomania (dipso + mania) — an uncontrollable craving for alcoholशराब की बेकाबू लत
- egomania (ego + mania) — extreme self-centrednessअत्यधिक आत्मकेंद्रितता
- egomaniac (ego + mania + c) — a person obsessed with selfअति अहंकारी व्यक्ति
- kleptomania (klepto + mania) — irresistible urge to stealचोरी करने की बेकाबू आदत
- kleptomaniac (klepto + mania + c) — a person with that urgeचोरी की बेकाबू आदत वाला
- mania (mania) — extreme enthusiasm or frenzyसनक, उन्माद
- maniac (mani + ac) — a wild, obsessed personसनकी, पागल
- manic (man + ic) — wildly excitedअति उत्तेजित
- megalomania (megalo + mania) — obsession with powerसत्ता का पागलपन
- megalomaniac (megalo + mania + c) — a person craving powerसत्ता का सनकी
- monomania (mono + mania) — obsession with one ideaएक ही धुन की सनक