mania
Meaning
- Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
- Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
- 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
- 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
- The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
Synonyms
manic disorder
fond of
wild excitement
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ma‧ni‧a
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
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