(Y)OUR MANIAS & (Y)OUR PHOBIAS & (Y)OUR PHILIAS

A mania is an obsession, an intense madness, an abnormal desire or inclination, or an extreme enthusiasm for something. Remember the adjective ending is -manic.Unfortunately, fewer and fewer students choose Greek in their studies, so they will definitely ignore most of the roots of the following manias and phobias...

See if you can identify the following manias:

ABLUTOMANIA

ACRONYMANIA

AILUROMANIA

ARITHMOMANIA

BEATLEMANIA

BIBLIOMANIA

CLEPTOMANIA

DIPSOMANIA

EROTOMANIA

GRAPHOMANIA

HEDONOMANIA

INFOMANIA

MEGALOMANIA

MELOMANIA

MONOMANIA

NECROMANIA

NYMPHOMANIA

PYROMANIA

TRICOTILLOMANIA 

A phobia is an irrational fear, hatred or extreme dislike of something.Remember the adjective ending is -phobic. See if you can guess what the following phobias are about:

ACROPHOBIA

AEROPHOBIA

AGORAPHOBIA   v. CLAUSTROPHOBIA

ARACHNOPHOBIA

BIBLIOPHOBIA

CYBERPHOBIA

DYSMORPHOPHOBIA

ELECTROPHOBIA

ERYTHROPHOBIA

LALIOPHOBIA

MISOPHOBIA

ORNITHOPHOBIA

SATANOPHOBIA

TACHOPHOBIA

THANATOPHOBIA

THEOPHOBIA

TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA

XENOPHOBIA

ZOOPHOBIA