-mania

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:

• arithmomania, counting
• beatlemania, the Beatles
• bibliomania, collecting books
• decalcomania, transferring pictures, an artistic technique
• dipsomania, alcohol
• drapetomania, fleeing from slavery
• erotomania, being loved by someone else
• hypomania, general mania, a symptom of manic-depression
• kleptomania, stealing
• megalomania, wealth and power
• monomania, one thing
• mythomania, lying
• nymphomania, having sex (women)
• pyromania, fire or starting fires
• theomania, religion
• trichotillomania, hair removal
• Trudeaumania, the Canadian politician Pierre Trudeau
• tulipomania, a metaphor for an economic bubble

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