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as in dementia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
that form of mania often manifests itself in excessive and often incoherent talkativeness
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as in obsession
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
his wife was baffled and amused by his mania for old comic books
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Recent Examples of mania
When, after a succession of such incidents, Mahler-Werfel backed away, Kokoschka’s mania only escalated.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The Mangione mania reminded me of something most Americans did not follow as closely: the assassination of Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while giving a speech in the summer of 2022.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Meta had to rebuild their data centers by racking billions of dollars worth of GPUs, years before the current Gen AI mania.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
But, even that can be viewed as a feature, not a bug, as George and Harold’s artistic hubris is essential to the mania and meta-humor that ensues.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The Mangione mania reminded me of something most Americans did not follow as closely: the assassination of Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while giving a speech in the summer of 2022.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Meta had to rebuild their data centers by racking billions of dollars worth of GPUs, years before the current Gen AI mania.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
But, even that can be viewed as a feature, not a bug, as George and Harold’s artistic hubris is essential to the mania and meta-humor that ensues.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mania
Noun
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Caring for someone with dementia is extremely demanding and not a one-person job.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Emma then revealed Bruce's frontotemporal dementia diagnosis in February 2023.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fans have an obsession with the way Harmony pronounces Mark’s name throughout the series.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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David Foster celebrated his youngest with a party based on his son's latest obsession.—
Justine Fisher,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing, expecting different results.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
23 Feb. 2025
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In 2013, Tyree Smith was found not guilty by reason of insanity in relation to the 2012 killing of Angel Gonzalez, whose body was discovered after he was hacked to death in a vacant apartment in Bridgeport, per NPR.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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We should not be caught up in the hysteria and external pressures distracting us from our path.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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In 19th-century Paris at the Salpêtrière Hospital, patients were hypnotized onstage to reproduce the symptoms of hysteria for public audiences.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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The peaceful scene of pandas resting in a meadow is quickly disturbed by Jack Black, Jason Momoa, and Sebastian Hansen hurtling to the ground at full speed with a bucket of video-game accurate water, and from there, all kinds of madness ensues.—
Billie Melissa,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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And when her brother-in-law, Stanley (Marlon Brando), rapes her, her descent into madness was made all the more vivid and believable by Leigh's precise depiction of vulnerability and instability.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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However, schizophrenia itself tends to manifest in late adolescence/early adulthood.—
Tom Hawking,
Popular Science,
26 Feb. 2025
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Bristol Myers Squibb : Patience is required with the drugmaker because its new schizophrenia drug, Cobenfy, is still in the early innings.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Mania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mania. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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