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Definition of Manic disorder
1. Noun. A mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently.
Exact synonyms: Mania
Generic synonyms: Affective Disorder, Emotional Disorder, Emotional Disturbance, Major Affective Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Craze, Delirium, Frenzy, Fury, Hysteria
Derivative terms: Manic
Generic synonyms: Affective Disorder, Emotional Disorder, Emotional Disturbance, Major Affective Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Craze, Delirium, Frenzy, Fury, Hysteria
Derivative terms: Manic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manic Disorder
Literary usage of Manic disorder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dangerous Minds: Political Psychiatry in China Today and Its Origins in the by Robin Munro, Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry (2002)
"... the shallow and frivolous sexual behavior of patients suffering from manic
disorder is merely an expression of their corrupt and degenerate ideology; ..."