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μανία
mania (an obsession or craze; also clinical mania) /maˈni.a/
nounC1#4050 most common
Also: obsession, frenzy, craze
Example sentences
Έχει μανία με τα παπούτσια.
She has a mania for shoes.
Ο Γιώργος έχει μανία με το ποδόσφαιρο.
Giorgos has a mania for football.
Η μανία της για καθαριότητα είναι υπερβολική.
Her mania for cleanliness is excessive.
Στην αρχαία Ελλάδα, η μανία θεωρούνταν κάποιες φορές θεϊκή έμπνευση.
In ancient Greece, mania was sometimes seen as divine inspiration.
Η καταναλωτική μανία της εποχής μας οδηγεί πολλούς σε υπερχρέωση.
The consumerist mania of our era drives many people into debt.
Ο ποιητής περιέγραψε τη μανία του δημιουργικού οίστρου ως δίκοπο μαχαίρι.
The poet described the mania of creative fervor as a double-edged blade.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η μανία | οι μανίες |
| Genitive | της μανίας | των μανιών |
| Accusative | τη μανία | τις μανίες |
| Vocative | μανία | μανίες |
Word family
μαίνομαιto rage, to be in a fury
μανιακόςmaniacal, obsessiveμανιώδηςfrenzied, fanatical
μανιοκατάθλιψηmanic depression, bipolar disorder
Etymology
μανία comes from Ancient Greek, tied to the verb μαίνομαι, meaning to rage or be driven out of one's mind. The Greeks used it both for clinical madness and for a god-sent frenzy, as in poetic or prophetic inspiration. The word passed into Latin and then English largely unchanged, which is why English speakers already recognize it. Modern Greek kept the same double life: a clinical term and an everyday word for a strong craze.
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