an obsession or excessive enthusiasm for a single thing or idea.
mono+mania
Shared component: mania · madness
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Related forms: mania · 18 words in this dictionary
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Shared components, not spelling prefixesA mental disorder characterized by an uncontrollable desire to set things on fire.
pyro+mania
Shared component: mania · madness
an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic drink; alcoholism.
dipso+mania
Shared component: mania · madness
a mental condition or a tendency characterized by an obsession with power and a belief in one's own extreme importance, talent, or omnipotence.
megalo+mania
Shared component: mania · madness
an obsessive preoccupation with oneself and one's own needs; self-centeredness to an extreme degree.
ego+mania
Shared component: mania · madness
showing wild, violent, or extremely energetic behavior that suggests mental illness
mania+cal
Shared component: mania · madness
a mild form of mania, characterized by persistent and often elevated, expansive, or irritable mood, but not severe enough to cause significant social or occupational impairment.
hypo+mania
Shared component: mania · madness
A person who has a very strong desire to set fire to things and feels pleasure in doing so, often as a symptom of a mental illness.
pyro+mania+c
Shared component: mania · madness
Having an obsessive preoccupation with oneself and one's own needs; characterized by egomania.
ego+mania+cal
Shared component: mania · madness
a mental illness in which a person has a strong desire to steal things.
klepto+mania
Shared component: mania · madness
a person who has a very strong desire to steal things that they do not need, usually considered to be a mental illness.
klepto+mania+ac
Shared component: mania · madness
a person who has an obsessive desire for power and an exaggerated belief in their own importance or abilities.
megalo+mania+ac
Shared component: mania · madness
Showing excessive obsession with a single idea or subject.
mono+mania+cal
Shared component: mania · madness
A woman who is considered to have an excessive or uncontrollable sexual desire.
nympho+mania+ac
Shared component: mania · madness
having an obsessive desire for power and an exaggerated belief in one's own importance or abilities, often to a delusional degree.
megalo+mania+cal
Shared component: mania · madness
maniacExtended relation
A person who behaves in an extremely wild, violent, or obsessive way.
mania+c
Extended relation: mania · madness
egomaniacExtended relation
A person who is extremely self-centered and obsessed with themselves.
ego+mania+c (connective) → egomaniac
Extended relation: mania · madness
trichotillomaniaExtended relation
A mental disorder characterized by the recurrent, irresistible urge to pull out one's own hair.
tricho+till+mania
Extended relation: mania · madness