mania

a mania for neatness.

he had a mania for automobiles.

Kleptomania is a mania for stealing things.

She has a mania for ponies.

He has a mania for (driving) fast cars.

Strictly, mania is a kind of madness which makes people violent.

A letter headed ‘Advertising Mania’ appeared in the paper.

An abnormal condition variously characterized by stupor, stereotypy, mania, and either rigidity or extreme flexibility of the limbs.It is most often associated with schizophrenia.

This disorder is a longitudinal diagnosis and its clinical symptoms include hypomania, mania, mixed states, major depressive episode, hyperthymic temperament and depressive mixed state.