mania :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

n. a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

n. (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

compulsion, obsession

n. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

preoccupation

n. an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention

mania, manic disorder

n. a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

way, fashion, style, manner, mode

n. how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"

style, vogue, trend

n. the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"

furor, furore, fad, craze, cult, rage

n. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"

fashion

n. the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior

life

n. a motive for living; "pottery was his life"

craving

n. an intense desire for some particular thing

longing, yearning

n. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need