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stupemania
Manic stupor.
submania
A mild form of some mania.
supermania
An excessive form of mania above and beyond a normal situation.
symbolomania
An excessive use of symbols or having symbolical meanings attached to one's acts or words.
symmetromania
A compulsion to have symmetry; that is, a balanced and harmonious arrangement.
syphilomania
A mental ailment in which a person believes himself/herself to be infected by syphilis. Insanity resulting from syphilophobia [fear of having syphilis].
technomania
An obsession for all kinds of technology.
Teutonomania
An overly enthusiastic desire for what is Teutonic or German.
thalassomania
1. An intense fascination with or interest in the sea.
2. An abnormal love of the sea.
thanatomania
1. An abnormal obsession with death or suicidal mania.
2. Death by means of autosuggestion.
3. An illness or death resulting from a belief in the efficacy of magic, a phenomenon observed among those primitive societies, or illiterate and superstitious people; who believe in the power of evil spirits, spells, curses, and control over one's bodily processes, with such belief and resulting fear manifesting itself as psychosomatic illness and even death.
theatromania
An excessive fondness for going to the theater.
theomania, theomaniac
A madness believed to be caused or inspired by God or an obsessive delusion that one is God.
thyroidomania
A mental disorder associated with hyperthyroidism.
timbromania
A mania for collecting postage stamps.
titillomania
An uncontrollable compulsion to scratch.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "anger, angry; rage, wrath, fury; rave":
fur-, furi-;
ira-;
lysso-;
rab-, rav-.
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