Word

mania, n.
freq. cnt. 2

an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
<noun.motive> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

cacoethes mania passion

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derivationally related form

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hypernym

irrational motive

hyponym

agromania dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania egomania kleptomania logorrhea, logomania monomania, possession necrophilia, necrophilism, necromania phaneromania pyromania trichotillomania

a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
<noun.state>

mania manic disorder

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derivationally related form

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hypernym

emotional disturbance, affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder

hyponym

frenzy, fury, delirium, hysteria, craze