Mania: An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire
Obsessions: An idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person’s mind.
S.No. | Word | Definition |
1. | Ablutomania | Mania for washing oneself |
2. | Aboulomania | Pathological indecisiveness |
3. | Agromania | Intense desire to be in open spaces |
4. | Andromania | Nymphomania |
5. | Anglomania | Craze or obsession with England and the English |
6. | Anthomania | Obsession with flowers |
7. | Aphrodisiomania | Abnormal sexual interest |
8. | Arithmomania | Obsessive preoccupation with numbers |
9. | Balletomania | Abnormal fondness for ballet |
10. | Bibliomania | Craze for books or reading |
11. | Bruxomania | Compulsion for grinding teeth |
12. | Cacodemomania | Pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit |
13. | Catapedamania | Obsession with jumping from high places |
14. | Chinamania | Obsession with collecting china |
15. | Choreomania | Dancing mania or frenzy |
16. | Clinomania | Excessive desire to stay in bed |
17. | Copromania | Obsession with feces |
18. | Cytheromania | Nymphomania |
19. | Dacnomania | Obsession with killing |
20. | Demonomania | Pathological belief that one is possessed by demons |
21. | Dinomania | Mania for dancing |
22. | Dipsomania | Abnormal craving for alcohol |
23. | Discomania | Obsession for disco music |
24. | Doramania | Obsession with owning furs |
25. | Doromania | Obsession with giving gifts |
26. | Drapetomania | Intense desire to run away from home |
27. | Dromomania | Compulsive longing for travel |
28. | Ecdemomania | Abnormal compulsion for wandering |
29. | Egomania | Irrational self-centered attitude or self-worship |
30. | Eleutheromania | Manic desire for freedom |
31. | Empleomania | Mania for holding public office |
32. | Enosimania | Pathological belief that one has sinned |
33. | Entheomania | Abnormal belief that one is divinely inspired |
34. | Epomania | Craze for writing epics |
35. | Ergasiomania | Excessive desire to work; ergomania |
36. | Ergomania | Excessive desire to work; workaholism |
37. | Erotomania | Abnormally powerful sex drive |
38. | Etheromania | Craving for ether |
39. | Ethnomania | Obsessive devotion to one’s own people |
40. | Eulogomania | Obsessive craze for eulogies |
41. | Flagellomania | Abnormal enthusiasm for flogging |
42. | Florimania | Craze for flowers |
43. | Francomania | Craze or obsession with France and the French |
44. | Gallomania | Craze or obsession with France and the French |
45. | Gamomania | Obsession with issuing odd marriage proposals |
46. | Graecomania | Obsession with Greece and the Greeks |
47. | Graphomania | Obsession with writing |
48. | Gynaecomania | Abnormal sexual obsession with women |
49. | Habromania | Insanity featuring cheerful delusions |
50. | Hagiomania | Mania for sainthood |
51. | Hellenomania | Obsession with Greece and the Greeks; Graecomania |
52. | Hexametromania | Mania for writing in hexameter |
53. | Hieromania | Pathological religious visions or delusions |
54. | Hippomania | Obsession with horses |
55. | Hydromania | Irrational craving for water |
56. | Hylomania | Excessive tendency towards materialism |
57. | Hypermania | Severe mania |
58. | Hypomania | Minor mania |
59. | Hysteromania | Nymphomania |
60. | Iconomania | Obsession with icons or portraits |
61. | Idolomania | Obsession or devotion to idols |
62. | Infomania | Excessive devotion to accumulating facts |
63. | Islomania | Craze or obsession for islands |
64. | Italomania | Obsession with Italy or Italians |
65. | Kleptomania | Irrational predilection for stealing |
66. | Klopemania | Kleptomania |
67. | Logomania | Pathological loquacity |
68. | Lypemania | Extreme pathological mournfulness |
69. | Macromania | Delusion that objects are larger than natural size |
70. | Megalomania | Abnormal tendency towards grand or grandiose behaviour |
71. | Melomania | Craze for music |
72. | Methomania | Morbid craving for alcohol |
73. | Metromania | Insatiable desire for writing verse |
74. | Micromania | Pathological self-deprecation or belief that one is very small |
75. | Monomania | Abnormal obsession with a single thought or idea |
76. | Morphinomania | Habitual craving or desire for morphine |
77. | Musomania | Obsession with music |
78. | Mythomania | Lying or exaggerating to an abnormal extent |
79. | Narcomania | Uncontrollable craving for narcotics |
80. | Necromania | Sexual obsession with dead bodies; necrophilia |
81. | Nosomania | Delusion of suffering from a disease |
82. | Nostomania | Abnormal desire to go back to familiar places |
83. | Nymphomania | Excessive or crazed sexual desire |
84. | Oenomania | Obsession or craze for wine |
85. | Oligomania | Obsession with a few thoughts or ideas |
86. | Oniomania | Mania for making purchases |
87. | Onomamania | Mania for names |
88. | Onomatomania | Irresistible desire to repeat certain words |
89. | Onychotillomania | Compulsive picking at the fingernails |
90. | Opiomania | Craving for opium |
91. | Opsomania | Abnormal love for one kind of food |
92. | Orchidomania | Abnormal obsession with orchids |
93. | Parousiamania | Obsession with the second coming of Christ |
94. | Pathomania | Moral insanity |
95. | Peotillomania | Abnormal compulsion for pulling on the penis |
96. | Phagomania | Excessive desire for food or eating |
97. | Phaneromania | Habit of biting one’s nails |
98. | Pharmacomania | Abnormal obsession with trying drugs |
99. | Phonomania | Pathological tendency to murder |
100. | Photomania | Pathological desire for light |
101. | Phyllomania | Excessive or abnormal production of leaves |
102. | Phytomania | Obsession with collecting plants |
103. | Planomania | Abnormal desire to wander and disobey social norms |
104. | Plutomania | Mania for money |
105. | Polemomania | Mania for war |
106. | Politicomania | Mania for politics |
107. | Polkamania | Craze for polka dancing |
108. | Polymania | Mania affecting several different mental faculties |
109. | Poriomania | Abnormal compulsion to wander |
110. | Pornomania | Obsession with pornography |
111. | Potichomania | Craze for imitating Oriental porcelain |
112. | Potomania | Abnormal desire to drink alcohol |
113. | Pseudomania | Irrational predilection for lying |
114. | Pteridomania | Passion for ferns |
115. | Pyromania | Craze for starting fires |
116. | Rhinotillexomania | Compulsive nose picking |
117. | Rinkomania | Obsession with skating |
118. | Satyromania | Abnormally great male sexual desire; satyriasis |
119. | Scribbleomania | Obsession with scribbling |
120. | Sebastomania | Religious insanity |
121. | Sitiomania | Morbid aversion to food |
122. | Sophomania | Delusion that one is incredibly intelligent |
123. | Squandermania | Irrational propensity for spending money wastefully |
124. | Stampomania | Obsession with stamp-collecting |
125. | Syphilomania | Pathological belief that one is afflicted with syphilis |
126. | Technomania | Craze for technology |
127. | Teutomania | Obsession with Teutonic or German things |
128. | Thanatomania | Belief that one has been affected by death magic, and resulting illness |
129. | Theatromania | Craze for going to plays |
130. | Theomania | Belief that one is a god |
131. | Timbromania | Craze for stamp collecting |
132. | Tomomania | Irrational predilection for performing surgery |
133. | Toxicomania | Morbid craving for poisons |
134. | Trichotillomania | Neurosis where patient pulls out own hair |
135. | Tulipomania | Obsession with tulips |
136. | Typhomania | Delirious state resulting from typhus fever |
137. | Typomania | Craze for printing one’s lucubrations |
138. | Uranomania | Obsession with the idea of divinity |
139. | Verbomania | Craze for words |
140. | Xenomania | Inordinate attachment to foreign things |
141. | Zoomania | Insane fondness for animals |