English Dictionary

mania

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. / Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.

日本語の意味

精神の激しい混乱、狂気 / 常軌を逸した情熱、熱狂 / 極度の執着やファン症

The patient's sudden mania frightened the staff and required immediate restraint.

患者の突然の激しい精神錯乱はスタッフを驚かせ、直ちに拘束が必要になった。

意味（1）

Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.

意味（2）

Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.

意味（3）

2013-07-20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

意味（4）

Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.

意味（5）

(psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

2004 March, Berrios, G. E., “Of Mania: introduction (Classic text no. 57)”, in History of Psychiatry, number 15, DOI:10.1177/0957154X04041829, PMID 15104084, pages 105–124:

manias （ plural ）