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/ˌhæbɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪni(j)ə/ · noun
(dated, psychiatry) a form of insanity characterised by delusions of a cheerful or joyous nature.
Melancholy, says one, is a morbid sadness; mania is a prolonged anger. Various madnesses of expansive forms, certain monomanias of Esquirol, have been regarded as morbid gaieties (amenomania of Rush, habromania), just like the hilarious form of mania so frequent among adolescents.
Use habromania when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Habromania means (dated, psychiatry) a form of insanity characterised by delusions of a cheerful or joyous nature.
Common synonyms include amenomania.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Melancholy, says one, is a morbid sadness; mania is a prolonged anger. Various madnesses of expansive forms, certain monomanias of Esquirol, have been regarded as morbid gaieties (amenomania of Rush, habromania), just like the hilarious form of mania so frequent among adolescents.
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