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Philia vs Mania - What's the difference?

philia | mania |

As nouns the difference between philia and mania

is that philia is friendship (translating Greek φιλία in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics while mania is violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.

As a proper noun Mania is

the goddess of the dead and ghosts.

philia

English

Noun

(wikipedia philia)
  • friendship (translating Greek'' )
  • liking
  • (countable) a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

    • Antonyms

    * (in psychology ): phobia

    References

    * OED 2006

    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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