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Mania vs Hyperreligiosity - What's the difference?

mania | hyperreligiosity |

As a proper noun mania

is (roman mythology) the goddess of the dead and ghosts.

As a noun hyperreligiosity is

an extreme religious mania sometimes associated with mental conditions.

mania

English

(wikipedia mania)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
  • Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}
  • (psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

    • Related terms

    * manic * maniac * megalomania

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    hyperreligiosity

    English

    Noun

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  • An extreme religious mania sometimes associated with mental conditions.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 13, author=David Brooks, title=The Neural Buddhists, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=If they suffer from temporal lobe epilepsy, they will show signs of hyperreligiosity , an overexcitement of the brain tissue that leads sufferers to believe they are conversing with God. }}