Corrected List of Manias
Our list of manias was created from the corrected list of phobias by simply replacing phobia with mania. Theoretically, this should work, although there are some things that we usually don't love. This does not mean that the mania word is not possible, so we have simply generated the list to remind ourselves that obsessive love is as real a potential human condition as obsessive fear. For a longer discussion of what we have done, click here.
A person suffering from a mania is a -maniac, e.g. kleptomaniac, blogomaniac, dipsomania. The adjective describing these conditions is -manic, e.g. kleptomanic, blogomanic, dipsomanic. You may convert the adjectives into adverbs by simply adding -al-ly.
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| Mania | Uncontrolable Obsession for |
| • A • | |
| ablutomania | washing or bathing |
| acaromania | itching |
| aceromania | sourness or sour things |
| achluomania | darkness |
| acousticomania | noise |
| acromania | heights, high places |
| aeroacromania | open high places |
| aeronauseomania | airsickness |
| aeromania | air or drafts |
| agateomania | insanity |
| agoramania | open or public places |
| agathomania | kindness |
| agriozoomania | wild animals |
| agyromania | streets or crossing them |
| aichmomania | sharp or pointed objects |
| ailuromania | cats |
| albuminuromania | albumen in the urine or kidney disease |
| alektoromania | roosters or chickens |
| algomania | pain |
| alliomania | garlic (Latinized; see scorodomania) |
| allodoxamania | different opinions |
| altomania | heights, high places (Latinized; see acromania) |
| amathomania | dust |
| amaxomania | riding in a car or wagon |
| ambulomania | walking |
| amnesiomania | forgetting |
| amychomania | being scratched |
| anablemania | looking up |
| andromania | men |
| anemomania | wind or drafts |
| anginomania | angina, choking tightness |
| Anglomania | things English |
| ankylomania | immobility of a joint |
| anthomania | flowers |
| anthropomania | people or society |
| antlomania | floods |
| anuptomania | staying single |
| apeiromania | infinity |
| aphenomania | riches, wealth |
| apiomania | bees |
| apotemnomania | persons with amputations |
| arachibutyromania | peanut butter sticking in your mouth |
| arachnemania | spiders (See also arachnomania) |
| arachnomania | spiders (See also arachnemania) |
| arithmomania | numbers |
| astromania | stars or celestial space |
| asymmetromania | asymmetrical things |
| ataxiomania | loss of muscular coordination |
| ataxomania | disorder or untidiness |
| atelomania | imperfection |
| atemania | ruin or ruins |
| athazagoramania | forgetfulness or being forgotton |
| atomosomania | atomic explosions |
| atychimania | failure or misfortune |
| augomania | bright lights, glare, sunlight |
| aulomania | flutes |
| auromania | gold |
| auroromania | the Northern Lights |
| autodysomomania | bad odors or people with them |
| automatonomania | automatons |
| automysomania | being dirty |
| automania | solitude, being alone |
| aviatomania | flying (See also aviomania) |
| aviomania | flying (See also aviatomania) |
| • B • | |
| bacillomania | microbes |
| bacteriomania | bacteria |
| ballistomania | missiles, including bullets |
| baromania | gravity |
| basimania | falling or being unable to stand |
| bathymania | depth or deep water |
| batrachomania | amphibians, such as frogs |
| belonemania | sharp, pointed objects (See also aichmomania) |
| Beatlemania | The Beatles |
| bibliomania | books |
| biomania | nature |
| blennomania | slime |
| blogomania | blogs and writing them |
| Bolshemania | Bolsheviks |
| botanomania | plants |
| bromidromania | body smells (Questionable; see also bromidrosimania) |
| bromidrosimania | body smells (Questionable; see also bromidromania) |
| brontomania | thunder and lightning |
| bufonomania | toads |
| • C • | |
| cacomania | ugliness |
| cainomania | newness, novelty, change (See also cainotomania) |
| cainotomania | newness, novelty, change (See also cainomania) |
| caligynemania | beautiful women |
| canceromania | cancer (Better: carcinomania) |
| carcinomania | cancer (Preferable to canceromania) |
| cardiomania | heart, the |
| carnomania | meat |
| catagelomania | being ridiculed |
| catapedomania | jumping |
| cathisomania | sitting |
| catoptromania | mirrors |
| cenomania | empty spaces |
| centomania | new things or ideas |
| ceraunomania | thunder and lightning |
| chaetomania | hair |
| cheimatomania | the cold or cold things |
| chemomania | chemicals |
| cheromania | gaiety |
| chionomania | snow |
| chiraptomania | being touched |
| chiromania | hands |
| choleromania | anger or cholera |
| choromania | dancing |
| chromatomania | colors |
| chrometomania | money |
| chronomentromania | clocks |
| chronomania | time |
| cibomania | food |
| cibomania | food (See also Sitomania, Sitiomania) |
| claustromania | confinement |
| cleptomania | stealing (see kleptomania) |
| cleithromania | being enclosed (See also clithromania) |
| clinomania | going to bed |
| clithromania | being enclosed |
| cnidomania | stings |
| coimetromania | cemeteries |
| coitomania | sex or sexual relations |
| cometomania | comets |
| contreltomania | sexual abuse |
| coprastasomania | constipation |
| copromania | feces |
| coulromania | clowns |
| countermania | fearful situations |
| cremnomania | cliffs and precipices |
| cryomania | extreme cold, ice or frost |
| crystallomania | crystals or glass |
| cybermania | Internet, the |
| cyclomania | cycles or bicycles |
| cymomania | waves or waviness |
| cynomania | dogs or rabies |
| cyprianomania | prostitutes or venereal disease |
| cypridomania | venereal disease |
| cyprinomania | prostitutes |
| • D • | |
| daimonomania | ghosts or demons |
| decalcomania | decals |
| defecaloesiomania | painful bowels movements |
| deipnomania | dining |
| dementomania | insanity |
| demonomania | ghosts or demons |
| demomania | people |
| dendromania | trees |
| dentomania | dentists or dentistry |
| dermatomania | skin disease (See also dermatosiomania) |
| dermatosiomania | skin disease (See also dermatomania) |
| dextromania | things on the right |
| diabetomania | diabetes |
| didaskaleinomania | going to school |
| dikemania | justice, lawsuits |
| dinomania | dizziness or whirlpools |
| diplomania | double vision |
| dipsomania | drinking (spirits. alcohol) |
| dishabiliomania | undressing in front of someone |
| dontomania | teeth |
| doromania | fur animal skins |
| doxomania | opinions or praise |
| drapetomania | running away from home |
| dromomania | the road: travel, wandering, journeys |
| dysmorphomania | physical deformity |
| dystychimania | accidents |
| • E • | |
| ecclesiomania | church |
| ecomania | the home or houses (See also oikomania) |
| eisoptromania | mirrors |
| electromania | electricity |
| eleutheromania | freedom |
| emetomania | vomiting |
| enetomania | pins |
| enissomania | attack or criticism |
| enochlomania | crowds |
| entomomania | insects |
| eosomania | dawn or daylight |
| ephebomania | teenagers |
| epistaxiomania | nosebleeds |
| epistemomania | knowledge |
| equinomania | horses (Better hippomania) |
| eremomania | being oneself or of loneliness |
| ereuthomania | red or anything red (See also erythromania, erytomania) |
| ergasiomania | work or functioning |
| ergomania | work |
| eromania | love, love-making |
| erotomania | the erotic, eroticism |
| erythromania | red or anything red (See also erytomania, ereuthomania) |
| erytomania | red or anything red (See also erythromania, ereuthomania) |
| eumania | goodness or things good |
| eurotomania | female private parts |
| • F • | |
| febrimania | fever (See also fibriomania) |
| fibriomania | fever (See also febrimania) |
| Francomania | things French (See also Gallomania, Galiomania) |
| frigomania | cold or cold things |
| • G • | |
| Gallomania | things French (See also Francomania, Galiomania) |
| gamomania | marriage |
| geliomania | laughter |
| geniomania | chins |
| genomania | sex |
| genumania | knees |
| gephyromania | crossing bridges |
| gerascomania | growing old |
| germanomania | germany or german culture |
| gerontomania | old people |
| geumomania | taste |
| glossomania | language or speaking |
| gnosiomania | knowledge |
| goetomania | witches and witchcraft |
| graphomania | writing or script |
| gymnomania | nudity |
| gynemania | women |
| • H • | |
| hademania | hell (See also stygiomania) |
| hagiomania | saints or holy things |
| hamartomania | sinning or sin |
| haphemania | being touched |
| haptemania | being touched (See also haphemania) |
| harpaxomania | being robbed |
| hedonomania | feeling pleasure |
| heliomania | the sun or sunlight |
| Hellenologomania | Greek words or scientific terms |
| Hellenomania | things Greek |
| helminthomania | worms |
| hematomania | blood |
| hemomania | blood |
| hereiomania | challenges to official doctrine |
| herpetomania | reptiles |
| heteromania | the opposite sex |
| hieromania | priests or sacred things |
| hippomania | horses (Better than equinomania) |
| hobomania | bums or beggars (Joke) |
| hodomania | road travel |
| homichlomania | fog |
| homilomania | sermons |
| homomania | homosexuals or homosexuality |
| homomania | people |
| homomania | sameness |
| hoplomania | firearms |
| hormemania | shock |
| hyalomania | glass (See also hyelomania) |
| hydrargyomania | mercurial medicines |
| hydromania | water or rabies |
| hydrophobomania | rabies |
| hyelomania | glass (See also hyalomania) |
| hygromania | liquid or moisture |
| hygromania | liquids, dampness, or moisture |
| hylemania | materialism or epilepsy |
| hylomania | forests |
| hypegiamania | responsibility |
| hypengyomania | responsibility |
| hypnomania | sleep or hypnosis |
| hypsomania | height |
| iatromania | doctors |
| • I • | |
| ichthyomania | fish |
| iconomania | pictures or images |
| ideomania | ideas |
| illyngomania | vertigo |
| insectomania | insects |
| iomania | poison |
| Islamomania | Islam |
| isolomania | solitude, being alone |
| isopteromania | termites |
| • J • | |
| Japanomania | things Japanese |
| Judeomania | Jews |
| • K • | |
| kainomania | novelty, innovation |
| kainotomania | change |
| kakorrhaphiomania | failure or defeat |
| katagelomania | ridicule |
| kathisomania | sitting down |
| kenomania | empty spaces |
| keraunomania | thunder and lightning (See also ceraunomania) |
| kinesomania | movement or motion (See also kinetomania) |
| kinetomania | movement or motion (See also kinesomania) |
| kleptomania | stealing |
| koinonimania | rooms |
| kolpomania | private parts, particularly female |
| koniomania | dust (See also amathomania) |
| kopomania | fatigue |
| kosmomania | cosmos, cosmic phenomena |
| kymomania | waves or undulation (See also cymomania) |
| kynomania | dogs or rabies |
| kyphomania | stooping |
| • L • | |
| lachanomania | vegetables |
| laliomania | speaking (See also lalomania) |
| lalomania | speaking (Peferable to laliomania) |
| lepromania | leprosy |
| leukomania | white, the color |
| ligyromania | loud or shrill noises |
| lilapsomania | tornadoes and hurricanes |
| limnomania | lakes |
| linonomania | string |
| litigomania | law suits (See also dikomania) |
| logizomechanomania | computers |
| logomania | words (Better than verbomania) |
| loutromania | washing or bathing |
| luimania | lues, syphillis |
| lutramania | otters |
| lygomania | darkness |
| lyssomania | rabies or madness |
| • M • | |
| macromania | long waits |
| mageirocomania | cooking |
| maieusiomania | childbirth |
| malaxomania | softening, softness |
| maniamania | insanity |
| mastigomania | punishment |
| mechanomania | machines |
| megalomania | large things |
| melanomania | black, the color |
| melissomania | bees |
| melomania | music |
| meningitomania | brain disease |
| menomania | menstruation |
| merinthomania | being tied up |
| metallomania | metal |
| metathesiomania | changes |
| meteoromania | meteors |
| methymania | alcohol |
| metromania | poetry |
| microbiomania | microbes (See also bacillomania) |
| micromania | small things |
| misomania | hatred |
| mnemomania | memories |
| molysmomania | contamination |
| monopathomania | single disease |
| monomania | solitude or being alone |
| motoromania | motors |
| musculomania | muscles |
| musomania | mice or muscles |
| mycomania | mushrooms |
| mycromania | small things |
| myrmecomania | ants |
| mysomania | dirt or germs |
| mythomania | myths or gossip |
| myxomania | slime (See also blennomania) |
| • N • | |
| nebulamania | fog (See also homichlomania) |
| necromania | death or dead things |
| negromania | Africans or African Americans |
| nelomania | glass |
| neopharmamania | new drugs |
| neomania | anything new |
| nephomania | clouds |
| noctimania | the night (Better nyctomania) |
| nomatomania | names |
| nomomania | cellphones |
| nosocomemania | hospitals |
| nosomania | illness or disease |
| nostomania | returning home |
| novercamania | your stepmother or stepmothers |
| nucleomitomania | nuclear weapons |
| nudomania | nudity |
| numeromania | numbers |
| nyctohylomania | forests at night |
| nyctomania | night, dark (Better than noctimania) |
| nymphomania | sex (said of women) |
| • O • | |
| obesomania | obesity |
| ochlomania | crowds or mobs |
| ochomania | vehicles |
| octomania | 8, the figure or number |
| odontomania | teeth or dentistry |
| odynemania | pain (See also agliomania) |
| oenomania | wines |
| oikomania | the home or houses (See also ecomania) |
| olfactomania | smells |
| ombromania | rain |
| ommatomania | eyes (See also ommetamania) |
| ommetamania | eyes (See also ommatamania) |
| oneirogmomania | wet dreams |
| oneiromania | dreams |
| onomatomania | words or a certain word |
| ophidiomania | snakes |
| ophthalmomania | being stared or looked at |
| opiomania | medicine |
| optomania | opening one's eyes |
| ornithomania | birds |
| orthomania | property |
| osmomania | smells or odors (See also osphresiomania) |
| osphresiomania | smells or odors (See also osmomania) |
| ostraconomania | shellfish |
| ouranomania | heaven (See also uranomania) |
| • P • | |
| paedomania | children or dolls (See also pedomania) |
| pagomania | ice or frost |
| panomania | everything (See also pantomania) |
| panthomania | suffering and disease |
| pantomania | everything (See also panomania) |
| papamania | the Pope |
| papyromania | paper |
| paralipomania | neglecting duty or responsibility |
| paramania | sexual perversion |
| parasitomania | parasites |
| paraskavedekatriamania | Friday the 13th (Joke) |
| parthenomania | young girls |
| parturimania | childbirth |
| pathomania | disease |
| patroiomania | heredity |
| peccatomania | sinning or crimes |
| pediculomania | lice |
| pediomania | dolls |
| pedomania | children or dolls (See also paedomania) |
| peladomania | bald people |
| pellagromania | pellagra |
| peniamania | poverty |
| pentheromania | your mother-in-law or mother-in-laws (See also novercamania) |
| phagomania | eating or of being eaten |
| phalacromania | becoming bald |
| phallomania | penis, esp erect |
| pharmacomania | drugs or medicines |
| phasmomania | ghosts |
| phengomania | daylight or sunshine |
| philematomania | kissing |
| philemomania | kissing |
| philomania | affection, kindness. |
| philosomania | philosophy, learning |
| phallainomania | whales |
| phobomania | fear or manias |
| phonomania | sounds, voices, or telephones |
| photomania | light |
| phronemomania | thinking |
| phtheiromania | lice |
| phthisiomania | tuberculosis |
| placomania | tombstones |
| plutomania | wealth |
| pluviomania | rain |
| pneumatomania | spirits |
| pnigeromania | choking of being smothered (See also pnigomania) |
| pnigomania | choking of being smothered (See also pnigeromania) |
| pogomania | beards |
| poinemania | punishment |
| poliomania | poliomyelitis or gray, the color |
| politicomania | politics or politicians |
| polymania | many things |
| ponomania | overworking or of pain |
| pornomania | pornography |
| pornographomania | pornography |
| porphyromania | purple, the color |
| potamomania | rivers or running water |
| potomania | alcohol or drinking |
| proctomania | rectums |
| prosomania | progress |
| psellismomania | stuttering |
| psychomania | mind |
| psychromania | cold (See also frigomania) |
| pteridomania | ferns |
| pteromania | feathers or being tickled by them; birds |
| pupamania | puppets |
| pyrexiomania | fever |
| pyromania | fire |
| • R • | |
| radiomania | radiation, x-rays, or radios |
| ranomania | frogs |
| rhabdomania | switch, the rod, or punishment |
| rhypomania | defecation |
| rhytomania | wrinkles or getting wrinkles |
| rupomania | dirt |
| Russomania | russians |
| • S • | |
| samhainomania | halloween (Joke) |
| sarmassomania | love play (Questionable word) |
| Satanomania | Satan |
| scabiomania | scabies |
| scatomania | fecal matter |
| scelerophibia | evil, evil people |
| sciomania | shadows |
| scolecimania | worms |
| scolionomania | school |
| scopomania | being looked at |
| scorodomania | garlic (Better than alliumomania) |
| scotomania | darkness (See also achluomania, nychtomania) |
| scriptomania | writing in public |
| selachomania | sharks |
| selamania | light flashes |
| selenomania | the moon |
| seplomania | decaying matter |
| sesquipedalomania | long words |
| sexomania | sex |
| siderodromomania | trains, railroads or train travel |
| sideromania | iron or steel |
| sinistromania | things to the left or left-handedness |
| sinomania | things Chinese |
| sitiomania | food (See also cibomania) |
| scorodomania | garlic (Better than alliummania) |
| soceromania | parents-in-law |
| sociomania | society or people in general |
| somnemania | sleep or dreams |
| sophomania | wisdom or learning |
| spermatomania | germs (See also spermomania) |
| spermomania | germs (See also spermatomania) |
| sphekomania | wasps |
| stasemania | standing or walking (ambulomania) |
| stauromania | crosses or the crucifix |
| stenomania | narrow things or places |
| stygiomania | hell (See also Latinized hademania) |
| symbolomania | symbolism |
| symmetromania | symmetry |
| syngeneamania | relatives |
| syphilomania | syphilis |
| • T • | |
| tachomania | speed |
| taeniomania | tapeworms (See also teniomania) |
| taphemania | of cemeteries or of being buried alive |
| tapinomania | being contagious |
| tauromania | bulls |
| technomania | technology |
| teleomania | definite plans |
| telephonomania | telephones |
| teniomania | tapeworms (See also taeniomania) |
| teratomania | monsters or deformities |
| testomania | tests, taking tests (Joke) |
| tetanomania | lockjaw, tetanus |
| Teutomania | Germans or things German |
| textomania | certain fabrics |
| thassomania | sitting |
| thalassomania | sea, ocean |
| thanatomania | death or dying |
| theatromania | theatres |
| theologomania | theology or religious study |
| theomania | gods or religion |
| thermomania | heat |
| tocomania | pregnancy or childbirth |
| tomomania | surgical operations |
| topomania | performing in certain places |
| toxomania | poison or being poisoned |
| traumatomania | injury |
| tremomania | trembling |
| trichinomania | trichinosis |
| trichopathomania | hair disorders |
| trichomania | hair |
| trichotillomania | pulling the hair out |
| triskaidekamania | the number 13 (Joke) |
| tropomania | changes |
| trypanomania | injections |
| tuberculomania | tuberculosis |
| typhlomania | blindness |
| tyrannomania | tyrants |
| • U • | |
| uranomania | heaven (See also ouranomania) |
| uromania | urine or urination |
| • V • | |
| vaccinomania | injections or vaccination |
| venusomania | beautiful women (Joke) |
| verbomania | words (Latinized; see logomania) |
| verminomania | germs |
| vestimania | clothing |
| vitricomania | stepfather |
| • W • | |
| Walloonomania | Walloons |
| wiccomania | witches and witchcraft (Joke; see gaetomania) |
| • X • | |
| xanthomania | yellow, the color |
| xenoglossomania | foreign languages |
| xenomania | strangers or foreigners |
| xeromania | dryness |
| xeroxomania | paper copies (Joke) |
| xylomania | wood or forests |
| xyromania | razors |
| • Z • | |
| zelomania | jealousy |
| zemmomania | the great mole rat (Joke) |
| zoomania | animals |
