DIFFERENT TYPES OF MANIA
Sl No |
Mania |
Definition |
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1 |
Ablutomania |
Mania for
washing oneself |
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2 |
Aboulomania |
Pathological
indecisiveness |
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3 |
Agromania |
Intense desire
to be in open spaces |
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4 |
Andromania |
Nymphomania |
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5 |
Anglomania |
Craze or
obsession with England and the English |
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6 |
Anthomania |
Obsession with
flowers |
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7 |
Aphrodisiomania |
Abnormal
sexual interest |
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8 |
Arithmomania |
Obsessive
preoccupation with numbers |
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9 |
Balletomania |
Abnormal
fondness for ballet |
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10 |
Bibliomania |
Craze for
books or reading |
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11 |
Bruxomania |
Compulsion for
grinding teeth |
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12 |
Cacodemomania |
Pathological
belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit |
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13 |
Catapedamania |
Obsession with
jumping from high places |
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14 |
Chinamania |
Obsession with
collecting china |
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15 |
Choreomania |
Dancing mania |
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16 |
Clinomania |
Excessive
desire to stay in bed |
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17 |
Copromania |
Obsession with
feces |
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18 |
Cytheromania |
Nymphomania |
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19 |
Dacnomania |
Obsession with
killing |
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20 |
Demonomania |
Pathological
belief that one is possessed by demons |
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21 |
Dinomania |
Mania for
dancing |
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22 |
Dipsomania |
Abnormal
craving for alcohol |
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23 |
Discomania |
Obsession for
disco music |
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24 |
Doramania |
Obsession with
owning furs |
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25 |
Doromania |
Obsession with
giving gifts |
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26 |
Drapetomania |
Intense desire
to run away from home |
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27 |
Dromomania |
Compulsive
longing for travel |
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28 |
Ecdemomania |
Abnormal
compulsion for wandering |
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29 |
Egomania |
Irrational
self-centered attitude |
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30 |
Eleutheromania |
Manic desire
for freedom |
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31 |
Empleomania |
Mania for
holding public office |
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32 |
Enosimania |
Pathological
belief that one has sinned |
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33 |
Entheomania |
Abnormal
belief that one is divinely inspired |
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34 |
Epomania |
Craze for
writing epics |
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35 |
Ergasiomania |
Excessive
desire to work, ergomania |
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36 |
Erotomania |
Abnormally
powerful sex drive |
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37 |
Etheromania |
Craving for
ether |
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38 |
Ethnomania |
Obsessive
devotion to one's own people |
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39 |
Eulogomania |
Obsessive
craze for eulogies |
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40 |
Flagellomania |
Abnormal
enthusiasm for flogging |
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41 |
Florimania |
Craze for
flowers |
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42 |
Francomania |
Craze or
obsession with France and the French |
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43 |
Gallomania |
Craze or
obsession with France and the French |
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44 |
Gamomania |
Obsession with
issuing odd marriage proposals |
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45 |
Graecomania |
Obsession with
Greece and the Greeks; hellenomania |
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46 |
Graphomania |
Obsession with
writing |
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47 |
Gynaecomania |
Abnormal sexual
obsession with women |
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48 |
Habromania |
Insanity
featuring cheerful delusions |
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49 |
Hagiomania |
Mania for
sainthood |
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50 |
Hexametromania |
Mania for
writing in hexameter |
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51 |
Hieromania |
Pathological
religious visions or delusions |
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52 |
Hippomania |
Obsession with
horses |
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53 |
Hydromania |
Irrational
craving for water |
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54 |
Hylomania |
Excessive
tendency towards materialism |
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55 |
Hypermania |
Severe mania |
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56 |
Hypomania |
Minor mania |
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57 |
Hysteromania |
Nymphomania |
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58 |
Iconomania |
Obsession with
icons or portraits |
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59 |
Idolomania |
Obsession or
devotion to idols |
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60 |
Infomania |
Excessive
devotion to accumulating facts |
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61 |
Islomania |
Craze or
obsession for islands |
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62 |
Italomania |
Obsession with
Italy or Italians |
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63 |
Kleptomania |
Irrational
predilection for stealing |
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64 |
Klopemania |
Kleptomania |
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65 |
Logomania |
Pathological
loquacity |
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66 |
Lypemania |
Extreme
pathological mournfulness |
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67 |
Macromania |
Delusion that
objects are larger than natural size |
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68 |
Megalomania |
Abnormal
tendency towards grand or grandiose behaviour |
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69 |
Melomania |
Craze for
music |
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70 |
Methomania |
Morbid craving
for alcohol |
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71 |
Metromania |
Insatiable
desire for writing verse |
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72 |
Micromania |
Pathological
self-deprecation or belief that one is very small |
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73 |
Monomania |
Abnormal
obsession with a single thought or idea |
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74 |
Morphinomania |
Habitual
craving or desire for morphine |
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75 |
Musomania |
Obsession with
music |
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76 |
Mythomania |
Lying or
exaggerating to an abnormal extent |
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77 |
Narcomania |
Uncontrollable
craving for narcotics |
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78 |
Necromania |
Sexual
obsession with dead bodies; necrophilia |
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79 |
Nosomania |
Delusion of
suffering from a disease |
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80 |
Nostomania |
Abnormal
desire to go back to familiar places |
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81 |
Nymphomania |
Excessive or
crazed sexual desire |
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82 |
Oenomania |
Obsession or
craze for wine |
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83 |
Oligomania |
Obsession with
a few thoughts or ideas |
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84 |
Oniomania |
Mania for
making purchases |
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85 |
Onomamania |
Mania for
names |
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86 |
Onomatomania |
Irresistible
desire to repeat certain words |
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87 |
Onychotillomania |
Compulsive
picking at the fingernails |
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88 |
Opiomania |
Craving for
opium |
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89 |
Opsomania |
Abnormal love
for one kind of food |
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90 |
Orchidomania |
Abnormal
obsession with orchids |
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91 |
Parousiamania |
Obsession with
the second coming of Christ |
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92 |
Pathomania |
Moral insanity |
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93 |
Peotillomania |
Abnormal
compulsion for pulling on the penis |
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94 |
Phagomania |
Excessive
desire for food or eating |
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95 |
Phaneromania |
Habit of
biting one's nails |
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96 |
Pharmacomania |
Abnormal
obsession with trying drugs |
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97 |
Phonomania |
Pathological
tendency to murder |
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98 |
Photomania |
Pathological
desire for light |
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99 |
Phyllomania |
Excessive or
abnormal production of leaves |
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100 |
Phytomania |
Obsession with
collecting plants |
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101 |
Planomania |
Abnormal
desire to wander and disobey social norms |
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102 |
Plutomania |
Mania for
money |
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103 |
Polemomania |
Mania for war |
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104 |
Politicomania |
Mania for
politics |
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105 |
Polkamania |
Craze for
polka dancing |
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106 |
Polymania |
Mania
affecting several different mental faculties |
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107 |
Poriomania |
Abnormal
compulsion to wander |
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108 |
Pornomania |
Obsession with
pornography |
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109 |
Potichomania |
Craze for
imitating oriental porcelain |
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110 |
Potomania |
Abnormal
desire to drink alcohol |
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111 |
Pseudomania |
Irrational
predilection for lying |
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112 |
Pteridomania |
Passion for
ferns |
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113 |
Pyromania |
Craze for
starting fires |
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114 |
Rhinotillexomania |
Compulsive
nose picking |
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115 |
Rinkomania |
Obsession with
skating |
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116 |
Satyromania |
Abnormally
great male sexual desire; satyriasis |
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117 |
Scribbleomania |
Obsession with
scribbling |
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118 |
Sebastomania |
Religious
insanity |
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119 |
Sitiomania |
Morbid
aversion to food |
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120 |
Sophomania |
Delusion that
one is incredibly intelligent |
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121 |
Squandermania |
Irrational
propensity for spending money wastefully |
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122 |
Stampomania |
Obsession with
stamp-collecting |
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123 |
Syphilomania |
Pathological
belief that one is afflicted with syphilis |
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124 |
Technomania |
Craze for
technology |
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125 |
Teutomania |
Obsession with
Teutonic or German things |
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126 |
Thanatomania |
Belief that
one has been affected by death magic, and resulting illness |
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127 |
Theatromania |
Craze for
going to plays |
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128 |
Theomania |
Belief that
one is a god |
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129 |
Timbromania |
Craze for
stamp collecting |
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130 |
Tomomania |
Irrational
predilection for performing surgery |
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131 |
Toxicomania |
Morbid craving
for poisons |
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132 |
Trichotillomania |
Neurosis where
patient pulls out own hair |
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133 |
Tulipomania |
Obsession with
tulips |
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134 |
Typhomania |
Delirious
state resulting from typhus fever |
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135 |
Typomania |
Craze for
printing one's lucubration |
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136 |
Uranomania |
Obsession with
the idea of divinity |
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137 |
Verbomania |
Craze for
words |
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138 |
Xenomania |
Inordinate
attachment to foreign things |
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139 |
Zoomania |
Insane
fondness for animals |
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