List of manias

The English suffix -mania denotes an obsession with something; a mania. The suffix is used in some medical terms denoting mental disorders. It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject. Cambridge Dictionary has defined mania as “a very strong interest in something that fills a person's mind or uses up all their time” Britannica Dictionary defined mania as a mental illness in which a person becomes very emotional or excited.

Psychological conditions

A

Aboulomania – indecisiveness (aboulo- (Greek) meaning irresolution or indecision)
Andromania – human sexual behaviour and desire towards males in females (andro- (Greek) meaning man, men, male or masculine) Can be replaced by hypersexuality, nymphomania, cytheromania, hysteromania or aphrodisiomania.
Anglomania – England and a passion or obsession with the English (i.e. anglophile) See also anglophobia.
Arithmomania, arithmomania – numbers and counting (arithmo- (Greek) meaning number)
Ablutomania - Mania for washing oneself
Agromania - Intense desire to be in open spaces
Anthomania - Obsession with flowers

B

Bibliomania – books and reading (biblio- (Greek) meaning books)

C

Choreomania, choromania – dancing (choreo- (Greek) meaning dance)

D

Demonomania – one's own demonic possession (delusional conviction)
Dermatillomania – picking at the skin
Dipsomania – alcohol (dipso- (Greek) meaning thirst)
Drapetomania – running away from home (pseudoscience)
Dromomania – traveling

E

Egomania – obsession with oneself and self-worship (ego- (Latin) meaning I, first person and singular pronoun)
Ergomania, ergasiomania – work (ergasio- or ergo- (Greek) meaning work)
Erotomania – sexual desire or sexual attraction from strangers (delusional conviction) (eroto- (Greek) meaning sexual passion or desire)
Etheromania – addiction to diethyl ether (ethero- (Greek > Latin) meaning upper air or sky)
Eleutheromania – an intense and irresistible desire for freedom

G

Graphomania – writing or making lists (grapho- (Greek) meaning to write)
Gigantomania - is the production of unusually and superfluously large works.

H

Hypermania – severe mania—mental state with high intensity disorientation and often violent behavior, symptomatic of bipolar disorder (hyper- (Greek) meaning abnormal excess)
Hypomania – mild mania—mental state with persistent and pervasive elevated or irritable mood, symptomatic of bipolar disorder (hypo- (Greek) meaning deficient)

K

Kleptomania, klopemania – urge to steal
Klazomania – screaming

L

Logomania – being wordy and talkative i.e. loquacity
Ludomania – gambling

M

Mania – severely elevated mood
Megalomania – wealth and power
Micromania – self-deprecation
Monomania – a single object, type of object, or concept
Mythomania – compulsive lying
Melomania – excessive or abnormal love of music

N

Nymphomania – an obsolete term for female hypersexuality

O

Oniomania – desire to shop
Onychotillomania – picking at the fingernails

P

Plutomania – greed/obsession with money or wealth (ploutos- (Greek) meaning wealth)
Politicomania - obsession with politics
Pteridomania – ferns
Pyromania – fire or starting fires

R

Rhinotillexomania – nose picking (rhino- (Greek) meaning nose and tillexis- meaning to pluck, tear, pull or pick at)

S

Satyromania – excessive, often uncontrollable sexual desire in and behavior by a man (satyr- (Greek > Latin) meaning a woodland deity, part man and part goat; riotous merriment and lechery)

T

Theomania – one's own divinity or one's divine mission
Toxicomania – poisons
Trichotillomania – pulling out one's hair
Typomania – printing one's works

Pop culture and celebrities

The -mania suffix is also used to describe immense appreciations, fandoms and trends that are not necessarily psychological, including popular culture and politics.

Balloonomania – 18th and 19th century interest in hot-air balloons
Bartmania – American television series The Simpsons (particularly character Bart Simpson), early 1990s
Beatlemania – English band the Beatles, 1960s
Dalekmania – Dalek characters from Doctor Who, c. 1965
Dianamania – Diana, Princess of Wales, 1980s and 1990s
Jacksonmania – Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5
Leo-mania – American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, late 1990s
Lisztomania – Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, 1840s
Littlermania^{[broken anchor]} - British darts player Luke Littler, and the sport overall, from 2024
Madonnamania - American singer Madonna, from c. 1985
Mansell-mania – British racing driver Nigel Mansell, 1980s–1995
Orchidelirium, also known as orchidomania – orchids in the Victorian period
Pineapple mania – early 18th century to mid-to-late-19th century fascination with pineapples
Pokémania - Video game franchise Pokémon, c. 1999 to 2000
Sinatramania – American singer Frank Sinatra, mid-1940s
Swiftmania – American singer Taylor Swift, 2020s

Politics and economics

Corbynmania – British Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn (2015 to 2020)
Jacindamania – New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern (2017 to 2023)
Obama-mania – United States president and senator Barack Obama, late 2000s and early 2010s
Railway Mania – Stock market bubble in the railway industry in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1840s
Trudeaumania – the Canadian politician Pierre Trudeau
Tulipomania – a metaphor for an economic bubble

References

↑ "Littler-mania driving record darts audiences in UK, Germany". SportBusiness. 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
↑ Tobin, Dominic (2019-07-12). ""The Mexican wave carried me to victory": Nigel recalls Mansell-mania at Silverstone". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2025-04-03.

[1] "Littler-mania driving record darts audiences in UK, Germany". SportBusiness. 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-12-07.

[2] Tobin, Dominic (2019-07-12). ""The Mexican wave carried me to victory": Nigel recalls Mansell-mania at Silverstone". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2025-04-03.

List of manias

Psychological conditions

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Pop culture and celebrities

Politics and economics

See also

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