mania

Significado (Inglês)

1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
3. 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
4. 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.
5. The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

Sinônimos

madness

craze

insanity

lunacy

craziness

enthusiasm

cacoethes

passion

manic disorder

frenzy

mental disorder

aberration

habit

intoxication

maniac

mental illness

nut

nuttiness

rabidness

rage

😡

raving

stupidity

zeal

fond of

wild excitement

idiosyncracy

vesania

addiction

nuts

rompishness

maniacality

amok

bluster

cult

delirium

enthusiast

fixation

folly

foolishness

furiousness

furor

fury

Hifenizado como

ma‧ni‧a

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

Frases

" You have a mania for simplifying everything ," answered the Englishman , irritated .

"Você tem uma mania para simplificar tudo", respondeu o inglês, irritado.