List of Mania

ablutomania ********* mania for washing oneself


aboulomania ********* pathological indecisiveness

agromania ********* intense desire to be in open spaces

andromania ********* nymphomania

anglomania ********* craze or obsession with England and the English

anthomania ********* obsession with flowers

aphrodisiomania ********* abnormal sexual interest

arithmomania ********* obsessive preoccupation with numbers

balletomania ********* abnormal fondness for ballet

bibliomania ********* craze for books or reading

bruxomania ********* compulsion for grinding teeth

cacodemomania ********* pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit

catapedamania ********* obsession with jumping from high places

chinamania ********* obsession with collecting china

choreomania ********* dancing mania or frenzy

clinomania ********* excessive desire to stay in bed

copromania ********* obsession with feces

cytheromania ********* nymphomania

dacnomania ********* obsession with killing

demonomania ********* pathological belief that one is possessed by demons

dinomania ********* mania for dancing

dipsomania ********* abnormal craving for alcohol

discomania ********* obsession for disco music

doramania ********* obsession with owning furs

doromania ********* obsession with giving gifts

drapetomania ********* intense desire to run away from home

dromomania ********* compulsive longing for travel

ecdemomania ********* abnormal compulsion for wandering

egomania ********* irrational self-centered attitude or self-worship

eleutheromania ********* manic desire for freedom

empleomania ********* mania for holding public office

enosimania ********* pathological belief that one has sinned

entheomania ********* abnormal belief that one is divinely inspired

epomania ********* craze for writing epics

ergasiomania ********* excessive desire to work; ergomania

ergomania ********* excessive desire to work; workaholism

erotomania ********* abnormally powerful sex drive

etheromania ********* craving for ether

ethnomania ********* obsessive devotion to one's own people

eulogomania ********* obsessive craze for eulogies

flagellomania ********* abnormal enthusiasm for flogging

florimania ********* craze for flowers

francomania ********* craze or obsession with France and the French

gallomania ********* craze or obsession with France and the French

gamomania ********* obsession with issuing odd marriage proposals

Graecomania ********* obsession with Greece and the Greeks

graphomania ********* obsession with writing

gynaecomania ********* abnormal sexual obsession with women

habromania ********* insanity featuring cheerful delusions

hagiomania ********* mania for sainthood

Hellenomania ********* obsession with Greece and the Greeks; Graecomania

hexametromania ********* mania for writing in hexameter

hieromania ********* pathological religious visions or delusions

hippomania ********* obsession with horses

hydromania ********* irrational craving for water

hylomania ********* excessive tendency towards materialism

hypermania ********* severe mania

hypomania ********* minor mania

hysteromania ********* nymphomania

iconomania ********* obsession with icons or portraits

idolomania ********* obsession or devotion to idols

infomania ********* excessive devotion to accumulating facts

islomania ********* craze or obsession for islands

Italomania ********* obsession with Italy or Italians

kleptomania ********* irrational predilection for stealing

klopemania ********* kleptomania

logomania ********* pathological loquacity

lypemania ********* extreme pathological mournfulness

macromania ********* delusion that objects are larger than natural size

megalomania ********* abnormal tendency towards grand or grandiose behaviour

melomania ********* craze for music

methomania ********* morbid craving for alcohol

metromania ********* insatiable desire for writing verse

micromania ********* pathological self-deprecation or belief that one is very small

monomania ********* abnormal obsession with a single thought or idea

morphinomania ********* habitual craving or desire for morphine

musomania ********* obsession with music

mythomania ********* lying or exaggerating to an abnormal extent

narcomania ********* uncontrollable craving for narcotics

necromania ********* sexual obsession with dead bodies; necrophilia

nosomania ********* delusion of suffering from a disease

nostomania ********* abnormal desire to go back to familiar places

nymphomania ********* excessive or crazed sexual desire

oenomania ********* obsession or craze for wine

oligomania ********* obsession with a few thoughts or ideas

oniomania ********* mania for making purchases

onomamania ********* mania for names

onomatomania ********* irresistible desire to repeat certain words

onychotillomania ********* compulsive picking at the fingernails

opiomania ********* craving for opium

opsomania ********* abnormal love for one kind of food

orchidomania ********* abnormal obsession with orchids

parousiamania ********* obsession with the second coming of Christ

pathomania ********* moral insanity

peotillomania ********* abnormal compulsion for pulling on the penis

phagomania ********* excessive desire for food or eating

phaneromania ********* habit of biting one’s nails

pharmacomania ********* abnormal obsession with trying drugs

phonomania ********* pathological tendency to murder

photomania ********* pathological desire for light

phyllomania ********* excessive or abnormal production of leaves

phytomania ********* obsession with collecting plants

planomania ********* abnormal desire to wander and disobey social norms

plutomania ********* mania for money

polemomania ********* mania for war

politicomania ********* mania for politics

polkamania ********* craze for polka dancing

polymania ********* mania affecting several different mental faculties

poriomania ********* abnormal compulsion to wander

pornomania ********* obsession with pornography

potichomania ********* craze for imitating Oriental porcelain

potomania ********* abnormal desire to drink alcohol

pseudomania ********* irrational predilection for lying

pteridomania ********* passion for ferns

pyromania ********* craze for starting fires

rhinotillexomania ********* compulsive nose picking

rinkomania ********* obsession with skating

satyromania ********* abnormally great male sexual desire; satyriasis

scribbleomania ********* obsession with scribbling

sebastomania ********* religious insanity

sitiomania ********* morbid aversion to food

sophomania ********* delusion that one is incredibly intelligent

squandermania ********* irrational propensity for spending money wastefully

stampomania ********* obsession with stamp-collecting

syphilomania ********* pathological belief that one is afflicted with syphilis

technomania ********* craze for technology

Teutomania ********* obsession with Teutonic or German things

thanatomania ********* belief that one has been affected by death magic, and resulting illness

theatromania ********* craze for going to plays

theomania ********* belief that one is a god

timbromania ********* craze for stamp collecting

tomomania ********* irrational predilection for performing surgery

toxicomania ********* morbid craving for poisons

trichotillomania ********* neurosis where patient pulls out own hair

tulipomania ********* obsession with tulips

typhomania ********* delirious state resulting from typhus fever

typomania ********* craze for printing one’s lucubrations

uranomania ********* obsession with the idea of divinity

verbomania ********* craze for words

xenomania ********* inordinate attachment to foreign things

zoomania ********* insane fondness for animals