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mania

[mey-nee-uh, meyn-yuh] / ˈmeɪ ni ə, ˈmeɪn yə /
NOUN
fixation, madness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
craving craze craziness enthusiasm fad fascination frenzy infatuation lunacy obsession passion rage
STRONG
aberration bee bug compulsion delirium derangement desire disorder fancy fetish furor grabber hang-up insanity monomania partiality preoccupation thing tiger
WEAK
ax to grind bee in bonnet bug in ear fixed idea idée fixe on the brain tiger by the tail
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calmness dislike hate indifference
STRONG
balance conformity hatred soundness

Example Sentences

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Cole Smead, CEO and portfolio manager of Smead Capital Management, talked about the mania in American capital expenditure cycles, with hyperscalers spending hundreds of billions of dollars on AI.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

All this at a time when Hutchcroft was swinging between episodes of mania and depression.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

It reemerged as a meme stock later that month — with shares briefly shooting to a high of $3.62 — but the mania quickly faded.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

This fund investing in SpaceX and OpenAI may be the latest Wall Street mania.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

He compares his newfound sense of color to tulip mania, when the Dutch were so obsessed with tulips that everyone wanted them and the price of bulbs skyrocketed.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.