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Grammar : Adj
Spell : man-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæn ɪk

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Définition of manic

Origin :
  • "pertaining to or affected with mania," 1902, from mania + -ic. The clinical term manic depressive also is from 1902; manic depression is first attested 1903.
  • adj crazy
Example sentences :
  • No one unfamiliar with that strange disorder of the mind called the manic depressive psychosis can fully understand Signor Papini.
  • Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins
  • He'd never heard of any marriage maintaining such a crazy high romantic level of manic neuroticism as this for very long.
  • Extract from : « Thy Name Is Woman » by Bryce Walton
  • In this second psychosis, however, manic elements were much more prominent.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • This procedure is not questioned, because the manic reaction as distinguished from a mania is well recognized.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • Manic states (usually hypomanic) frequently occur during the phase of recovery from the stupor.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • When death means union with God or appears in other religious guise, manic symptoms tend to develop.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • Other psychoses superficially resembling stupor are the perplexity and absorbed manic (manic stupor) states.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • He noted, too, that stupors frequently terminated in manic phases of 20 to 30 days' duration.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • His cases seem mainly to have been what we call absorbed manics or manic stupors.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • Kraepelin treats stupors occurring in manic-depressive insanity as falling into two groups, the depressive and manic.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch

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