The following is a collection of mania words, words formed by root words from Latin or Greek with the added suffix -mania. A mania is: (1) A specific mental disorder or obsessive preoccupation with something; a madness, frenzy; obsession, fascination, or an abnormal desire for or with something or someone, or (2) Excessive enthusiasm or fondness for something that could be related to a variety of psychiatric disorders; such as frenzy, hysteria and delirium. In other words, an abnormal attraction or obsession.
Note that this, as with phobias, is simply a catalogue of intriguing words, not a medical reference.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
~ A ~ | |
| ablutomania | An obsessional preoccupation with cleanliness, washing or bathing |
| aboulomania | Form of insanity marked by loss of will-power |
| acronymania | Obsession with acronyms |
| agromania | Intense desire to be alone or out in the open |
| aidoiomania | Abnormally strong craving for sexual intercourse |
| ailuromania | Excessive fondness for cats |
| alcoholomania | Alcoholism; an excessive desire to drink alcoholic beverages |
| andromania | Synonym of nymphomania |
| androphonomania | Homicidal insanity |
| Anglomania | Excessive enthusiasm for all things English |
| anthomania | Great love of flowers |
| aphrodisiomania | Abnormal sexual interest |
| apimania | Obsession with bees |
| arithmomania | Obsessive preoccupation with numbers |
| arithomania | Synonym of arithmomania |
~ B ~ | |
| balletomania | Extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets |
| Beatlemania | Frenzied desire for anything related to the musical group "The Beatles" |
| bibliokleptomania | Compulsion to steal and to possess books |
| bibliomania | Compulsion to collect and possess books |
| bracteomania | In plants, excessive production of bracts |
| bruxomania | Unconscious persistent grinding of the teeth |
| brycomania | Severe form of bruxomania |
~ C ~ | |
| cacodaemonomania | Synonym of cacodemonomania |
| cacodemonomania | Obsession that one is possessed by an evil spirit |
| cacospectamania | Obsession with staring at repulsive things |
| callomania | Delusion that one is beautiful |
| capnomania | Addiction to smoking tobacco products |
| catapedamania | Abnormal interest in jumping from high places |
| cheromania | Compulsion towards gaiety |
| chinamania | Obsession with collecting china |
| chionomania | Obsessive desire for snow |
| chiromania | In males, morbid impulse to masturbate |
| chloralomania | Addiction to chloral |
| choreomania | Compulsion for dancing |
| choromania | Synonym of choreomania |
| chrematomania | Obsession with money |
| chronomania | Obsession with time |
| cingulomania | In males, strong desire to hold a female in one's arms |
| clinomania | Excessive desire to stay in bed |
| coprolalomania | Obsession with foul speech |
| copromania | Obsession with feces |
| cremnomania | Obsession with cliffs |
| cresomania | Delusion of possessing great wealth |
| cynomania | Intense enthusiasm or obsession for dogs |
| cytheromania | Synonym of nymphomania |
~ D ~ | |
| dacnomania | Obsession with killing |
| demonomania | Pathological belief that one is possessed by demons |
| desanimania | Mindless insanity |
| dipsomania | Morbid and insatiable craving for alcohol |
| doramania | Compulsion to own furs or animal skins |
| doromania | Abnormal desire to give presents |
| drapetomania | Uncontrollable desire to run away from home |
| dromomania | Uncontrollable impulse to wander or travel |
| dysmorphomania | Delusional conviction that one is physically deformed or otherwise abnormal |
~ E ~ | |
| ecdemomania | Compulsion to wander |
| ecomania | Domineering behaviour at home and humility toward persons in authority |
| edeomania | Abnormal interest in genitals |
| egomania | Obsessive preoccupation with the self |
| eleutheromania | Strong desire for freedom |
| emetomania | Morbid impulse to vomit |
| empleomania | Insatiable urge to hold public office |
| enomania | Synonym of oenomania |
| enosimania | Obsessional belief that one has sinned |
| entheomania | Abnormal belief that one is divinely inspired |
| entomomania | Compulsive fascination with insects |
| epomania | Craze for writing epics |
| eremiomania | Irresistible craving for stillness |
| ergasiomania | Obsessive need to work |
| ergomania | Synonym of ergasiomania |
| eroticomania | Abnormal interest in erotica |
| erotodromomania | Morbid impulse to travel as an escape from some painful sexual situation |
| erotographomania | Strong desire to write love letters or poetry |
| erotomania | Excessive sexual desire |
| erythromania | Uncontrollable blushing |
| esthesiomania | Insanity with sensory hallucinations |
| estromania | In menstruating women, intense sexual desire |
| etheromania | Addiction to ether |
| ethnomania | Obsessive devotion to one's own race, people or ancestry |
| eulogomania | Obsessive craze for eulogies |
~ F ~ | |
| flagellomania | Abnormal enthusiasm for flogging |
| florimania | Obsession with flowers |
| Francomania | Obsession with all things French |
| fumimania | Synonym of capnomania |
~ G ~ | |
| Gallomania | Strong predilection for anything French |
| gamomania | Urge to make extravagant marriage proposals |
| gephyromania | Irresistible fascination with bridges |
| glazomania | Obsessional list-making |
| graphomania | Compulsion to write |
| Grecomania | Excessive passion for things Greek |
| gymnogynomania | Urge to spy on people while they are undressing |
| gynaecomania | Sexual craving for women |
| gymnomania | Obsession with nakedness |
| gynecomania | In males, extreme sexual desire |
| gynonudomania | Overwhelming urge to rip off a woman's clothes |
~ H ~ | |
| habromania | Morbid impulse toward gaiety |
| hagiomania | Mania for sainthood |
| hedonomania | Compulsive pursuit of pleasure |
| heliomania | Uncontrollable craving for the sun |
| Hellenomania | Obsession with Greece and the Greeks |
| hematomania | Obsession with blood |
| heroinomania | Addiction to heroin |
| hieromania | Pathological religious visions or delusions |
| hippomania | Obsession with horses |
| hodomania | Compulsion to travel |
| homicidomania | Compulsion to commit murder |
| hydrodipsomania | Epileptic condition characterised by attacks of insatiable thirst |
| hydromania | Irrational craving for water |
| hylomania | Excessive tendency towards materialism |
| hypermania | Intense mania with overwhelming tensions, marked disorientation & incoherence |
| hyperpolysyllabicomania | Excessive fondness for big words |
| hypomania | Abnormal mood elevation with heightened mental activity |
| hysteromania | Synonym of nymphomania |
~ I ~ | |
| ichthyomania | Obsession with fish |
| iconomania | Infatuated devotion to images |
| idolomania | Obsession with idols |
| infomania | Excessive devotion to accumulating facts |
| internetomania | Synonym of netomania |
| islomania | Insatiable attraction to islands |
| Italomania | Obsession with Italy or Italians |
~ J ~ | |
| Japanomania | Overly enthusiastic desire for what is Japanese |
~ K ~ | |
| kathisomania | Compulsion to sit down |
| klazomania | Compulsion to shout |
| kleptomania | Compulsion to steal |
| klopemania | Synonym of kleptomania |
~ L ~ | |
| lagneuomania | Abnormal preoccupation with lewd talk and actions |
| lalomania | Compulsive or abnormal desire to talk excessively |
| letheomania | Obsessive fascination with narcotics |
| logomania | Compulsion to talk very fast and loud |
| lycomania | Lycanthropy, belief that one can change into a wolf or other animal |
| lypemania | Intense nervous depression |
~ M ~ | |
| machlaemomania | Masochism in females |
| macromania | Delusion in which things seem larger than natural size |
| megalomania | Delusional belief that one is of great importance; mania for doing grand actions |
| melomania | Excessive interest in music |
| mentulomania | Obsession with the penis |
| methomania | Irresistible desire for intoxicating substances |
| metromania | Insatiable desire for writing verse |
| misomania | Hatred of everything |
| micromania | Pathalogical depreciation of oneself |
| monomania | Pathalogical obsession with a single subject or idea |
| morphinomania | Uncontrollable craving for morphine |
| musicomania | Excessive fondness for music |
| musomania | Synonym of musicomania |
| mythomania | Compulsion to tell lies |
~ N ~ | |
| narcomania | Uncontrollable craving for narcotics |
| necromania | Irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies |
| nepiomania | In females, abnormally strong desire to have a child |
| nesomania | Obsession with islands |
| netomania | Addiction to the Internet |
| noctimania | Obsession with night |
| nosomania | Obsession with imagined disease |
| nostomania | Abnormal desire to return to familiar places |
| nudomania | Obsession with nudity |
| nymphomania | In females, excessive sexual desire and behavior |
~ O ~ | |
| ochlomania | Obsession with crowds |
| oenomania | Obsession with wine |
| oikomania | Obsession with home |
| oinomania | Synonym of oenomania |
| oligomania | Obsession with a few thoughts or ideas |
| oniomania | Uncontrollable urge to buy things |
| onomamania | Obsession with names |
| onomatomania | Obsession with a particular word |
| onychotillomania | Compulsion to mutilate one's fingernails and toenails |
| oophoromania | Psychosis associated with ovarian disease |
| ophidiomania | Excessive interest in reptiles |
| opiomania | Craving for opium |
| opsomania | Obsession with a particular food |
| orchestromania | Compulsion to dance |
| orchidomania | Abnormal obsession with orchids |
| oreximania | Compulsion to eat |
| ornithomania | Passion for birds |
~ P ~ | |
| parateresiomania | Obsession with being a voyeur |
| parousiamania | Obsession with the second coming of Christ |
| pathomania | Moral insanity |
| pedomania | Obsession with children |
| peotillomania | Abnormal compulsion to pull on the penis |
| petalomania | In plants, abnormal multiplication of petals |
| phagomania | Obsession with food and eating |
| phaneromania | Habit of biting nails, picking at scars, etc. |
| pharmacomania | Abnormal obsession with trying drugs |
| philemanmania | Compulsion to kiss |
| philopatridomania | Synonym of nostomania |
| phlebotomomania | Compulsion to bloodlet |
| phonomania | Synonym of homicidomania |
| photomania | Pathological desire for light |
| phronemomania | Compulsion to think |
| phyllomania | In plants, abnormal or excessive production of leaves |
| phytomania | Obsession with collecting plants |
| planomania | Abnormal desire to wander and disobey social norms |
| plutomania | Excessive or abnormal desire for wealth |
| polemomania | Compulsion to war |
| politicomania | Morbid or excessive interest in politics |
| polkamania | Craze for polka dancing |
| polyembolokoilamania | Compulsion to insert foreign bodies into body orifices (especially ears) |
| polymania | Mania affecting several different mental faculties |
| poriomania | Pathological compulsion to aimlessly wander |
| pornographomania | Compulsion to write sexually obscene material and graffiti |
| pornomania | Excessive or obsessive fondness for pornography |
| potichomania | Art or process of coating insides of glass vessels, to give appearance of paint wear |
| potomania | Synonym of dipsomania |
| pseudomania | Irrational predilection for lying |
| pteridomania | Madness, craze or strong fancy for ferns |
| pyromania | Compulsion to set fires |
~ Q ~ | |
(None known) | |
~ R ~ | |
| rhinotillexomania | Compulsion to pick one's nose (Should preperly be rhinotillomania) |
| rhizomania | In sugarbeet, abnormal root development |
| rinkomania | Obsession with skating |
| Russomania | Excessive desire for Russian culture and related objects |
~ S ~ | |
| satyromania | In males, abnormally great sexual desire |
| schizomania | Combination of a manic and major depressive syndrome |
| scribblemania | Synonym of scribbleomania |
| scribbleomania | Obsession with scribbling |
| scribomania | Obsession with writing |
| sebastomania | Religious insanity |
| selenomania | Obsession with the moon |
| siderodromomania | Intense fascination with railroad travel |
| sitiomania | Obsession with food |
| sitomania | Synonym of sitiomania |
| sophomania | Obsession with one's own wisdom |
| squandermania | Prodigious squandering (usually by a government) |
| stampomania | Obsession with stamp-collecting |
| strychninomania | Mental aberration due to strychnine poisoning |
| sudokumania | Obsession with Sudoku puzzles |
| syphilomania | Pathological belief that one is afflicted with syphilis |
~ T ~ | |
| technomania | Craze for technology |
| Teutonomania | Overly enthusiastic desire for what is Teutonic or German |
| thalassomania | Intense fascination with the sea |
| thanatomania | Abnormal obsession with death |
| theatromania | Excessive fondness for going to the theatre |
| theomania | Obsessive delusion that one is God |
| timbromania | Inordinate enthusiasm for postage stamps |
| tomomania | Obsession with surgery |
| toxicomania | Addiction to poisonous substances (e.g. drugs) |
| trichokryptomania | Synonym of trichotillomania |
| trichomania | Intense fascination with hair |
| trichotillomania | Compulsion to pull out one's own hair |
| triskaidekamania | Excessive enthusiasm for the number 13 |
| tristimania | Hypochondriasis |
| tulipomania | Obsession with tulips |
| Turkomania | Overly enthusiastic desire for what is Turkish |
| typhomania | Delirious state resulting from typhus fever |
| typomania | Obsession with seeing ones' writings in print |
~ U ~ | |
| uranomania | Delusion that one is of Heavenly descent |
| uteromania | Synonym of nymphomania |
~ V ~ | |
| verbomania | Excessive fondness for words |
~ W ~ | |
(None known) | |
~ X ~ | |
| xenomania | Obsessive interest in foreigners or for things foreign |
~ Y ~ | |
(None known) | |
~ Z ~ | |
| zoomania | Excessive fondness for and preoccupation with animals |
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