The English suffix -mania denotes an obsession or madness towards something; a mania. The suffix is used in some medical terms denoting mental disorders. It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject.

Madness or obsessions with different subjects include:

Psychological conditions

• arithmomania, counting
• bibliomania, collecting books
• dermatillomania, picking at the skin
• dipsomania, alcohol
• drapetomania, fleeing from slavery
• erotomania, being loved by someone else
• hypomania, general mania, a symptom of manic-depression
• islomania, islands
• kleptomania, stealing
• megalomania, wealth and power
• monomania, a single object, type of object, or concept.
• mythomania, lying
• nymphomania, having sex (women)
• pyromania, fire or starting fires
• theomania, belief that one is God or chosen by God for a specific mission.
• trichotillomania, hair removal

Non-psychological conditions

• decalcomania, transferring pictures, an artistic technique

Joke and fictional manias

• beatlemania, the Beatles
• Hulkamania, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Hulk Hogan's Catchphrase
• Sabumania, popularity and fan following of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) professional wrestler Sabu, known worldwide as the Homicidal, Genocidal, Suicidal, Death-Defying Maniac
• pottermania, Harry Potter
• Trudeaumania, the Canadian politician Pierre Trudeau
• tulipomania, a metaphor for an economic bubble
• WrestleMania, the annual flagship pay-per-view event of World Wrestling Entertainment

Suffixes | Greek suffixes

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