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1.1An excessive enthusiasm or desire; an obsession.
‘he had a mania for automobiles’
‘If the current mania surrounding the technology is anything to go by, they'll be everywhere.’
‘Those with a mania for tulips never let empty pockets sour a sale.’
‘Almost all manias, be they tulips, railways, Japanese real estate, have ended in busts.’
‘Like fashion and distinct from both fads and crazes, manias tend to develop by spreading downward through the social strata.’
‘And there is some dispute about whether events like the Asian crisis really constitute market manias and panics.’
‘America's mania for expensive bottled waters may be protecting hearts as it empties wallets.’
‘For some reason the urge for plastic surgery is becoming a mania world wide in both males and females.’
‘The significance of speculative manias is that they cause the buildup of debt and bad investments which creates slow growth.’
‘There will be gold rushes, booms, and manias aplenty in our future.’
‘These are technology-driven bubbles, not fad-fueled manias like tulips, or fraud like the South Sea scam.’
‘But when you look at the window display in any bookshop, do you sense a passion for literature, or a mania for marketing?’
‘The histories of market manias and their ensuing panics all tell a similar story: manias give rise to frauds, manipulations and swindles and their unwinding contributes to the bursting of the bubble.’
‘Financial manias and panics have attracted economists concerned with the efficiency of asset markets.’
‘Ofili has a mania for red, green and black, the colours of African unity, and by applying the oils and acrylics in dots he creates a beaded feel.’
‘Close friends always thought that his mania for publicity was connected with his illness.’
‘Some teachers suggest the problem is linked to a mania for safety outdoors which conditions people to avoid risks.’
‘Stories abound of the insanity that we remember as the 1990s stock mania.’
‘Whether it is a mania for the latest hot rock star singer, or a mania to buy a financial asset, manias have truly exerted their influence for centuries.’
‘In truth, the thugs merely use football as their excuse to indulge their mania for mindless violence.’
‘When I moved into my retirement residence in 1997, I gave an illustrated talk on previous stock manias but was unable to convince anyone that another big boom and bust cycle was coming in our future.’