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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation, madness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ax to grind, bee in bonnet, bee, bug in ear, bug*, compulsion, craving, craze, craziness, delirium, dementia, derangement, desire, disorder, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fascination, fetish, fixed idea, frenzy, furor, grabber, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, insanity, lunacy, monomania, obsession, on the brain, partiality, passion, preoccupation, rage, thing, tiger by the tail, tiger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | psychological problem |
| Synonyms: | a thing about something, anxiety, exaggerated reaction, fear, fixation, fixed idea, hang-up, idée fixe, insanity, mania, neurosis, obsession, phobia, preoccupation, repression |
| Notes: | something complex may be well-organized and logically constructed as well as subtle and intricate, while a thing that is complicated will have something irregular, perverse, asymmetrical in addition to fundamental intricacy; complex is more formal and technical (a problem in mathematics is complex) while something like personal life can be complicated |
| Main Entry: | craze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fad, strong interest |
| Synonyms: | chic, cry, enthusiasm, fashion, fever, furor, in thing, infatuation, kick*, mania, mode, monomania, newest wrinkle, novelty, passion, preoccupation, rage, the last word, the latest thing, trend, vogue, wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delirium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | madness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ardor, dementia, derangement, ecstasy, enthusiasm, fervor, fever, frenzy, furor, fury, hallucination, hysteria, insanity, lunacy, mania, passion, rage, raving, transport, zeal |
| Antonyms: | balance, calmness, saneness |
| Main Entry: | desire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | want, longing |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, doting, eagerness, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering*, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, love, lust, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rapaciousness, rapture, ravenousness, relish, salacity, solicitude, thirst, urge, voracity, will, wish, yearning |
| Antonyms: | aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, repulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enthusiasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | keen interest, excitement |
| Synonyms: | activity, ardency, ardor, avidity, conviction, craze, dash, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, ecstasy, emotion, energy, exhilaration, fad, fanaticism, feeling, fervor, fever, fieriness, fire, flame, flare, frenzy, fury, gaiety, glow, go*, heat, hilarity, hobby, impetuosity, intensity, interest, joy, joyfulness, keenness, life, mania, mirth, nerve, oomph, orgasm, passion, pep, rapture, red heat, relish, snap, spirit, transport, vehemence, verve, vim, vivacity, warmth, zeal, zealousness, zest, élan |
| Antonyms: | aloofness, apathy, coldness, coolness, doubt, indifference, lethargy, pessimism, weariness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craze |
| Synonyms: | affectation, amusement, caprice, chic, conceit, cry, custom, dernier cri, eccentricity, fancy, fantasy, fashion, fool notion, frivolity, furor, hobby, humor, in, in thing, innovation, kick, kink, latest word, mania, mode, new look, newest wrinkle, passing fancy, passion, quirk, rage, sport, style, thing, trend, vagary, vogue, whim, whimsy, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | standard, tradition |
| Main Entry: | fetish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obsession |
| Synonyms: | bias, craze*, desire, fixation, golden calf, idée fixe, leaning, luck, mania, partiality, penchant, periapt, predilection, prejudice, preoccupation, prepossession, proclivity, propensity, stimulant, thing* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fixation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obsession |
| Synonyms: | addiction, case, complex, craze, crush, fascination, fetish, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, preoccupation, thing |
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