mania
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(noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action |
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Synonyms: cacoethes, passion |
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Related Words: agromania, alcoholism, dipsomania, egomania, irrational motive, kleptomania, logomania, logorrhea, monomania, necromania, necrophilia, necrophilism, phaneromania, possession, potomania, pyromania, trichotillomania |
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(noun) a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently |
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Synonyms: manic disorder |
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Related Words: affective disorder, craze, delirium, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, frenzy, fury, hysteria, major affective disorder |
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