mania (n)
passion (n)
cacoethes (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 16
def an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
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Hypernym irrational motive
Derivationally related form mania → manic
Hyponym agromania; dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania; egomania; kleptomania; logorrhea, logomania; monomania, possession; necrophilia, necrophilism, necromania; phaneromania; pyromania; trichotillomania
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Derivationally related form manic → mania
Hyponym irrational motive
Hypernym agromania; dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania; egomania; kleptomania; logorrhea, logomania; monomania, possession; necrophilia, necrophilism, necromania; phaneromania; pyromania; trichotillomania

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