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| mania | (n) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action, Syn. cacoethes, passion |
| mania | (n) a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently, Syn. manic disorder |
| maniac | (n) a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something |
| maniacal | (adj) wildly disordered, Syn. maniac, Example: a maniacal frenzy |
| maniacally | (adv) in a maniacal manner or to a maniacal degree, Example: he was maniacally obsessed with jealousy |
| manic-depressive | (n) a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness |
| manic-depressive | (adj) suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression |
| manichaean | (n) an adherent of Manichaeism, Syn. Manichee, Manichean |
| manichaean | (adj) of or relating to Manichaeism, Syn. Manichee, Manichean |
| manichaeism | (n) a religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000, Syn. Manichaeanism |
| Mania | n. [ L. mania, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to rage; cf. OE. manie, F. manie. Cf. Mind, n., Necromancy. ]
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| Maniable | a. [ F., fr. manier to manage, fr. L. manus hand. ] Manageable. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Maniac | a. [ F. maniaque. See Mania. ] Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| maniac | n. A raving lunatic; a madman. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Maniacal | a. Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac. -- |
| Manic | a. [ Gr. |
| Manicate | a. [ L. manicatus sleeved, fr. manica a sleeve. ] (Bot.) Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and interwoven as to form a mass easily removed. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| manic-depressive | n. (Med.), A person suffering from manic-depressive psychosis. [ PJC ] |
| manic-depressive psychosis | n. (Med.), A mental disorder characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression. |
| manic disorder | n. (Med.), An affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently. |