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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a mania for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an intense enthusiasm or obsession for something.
Example: "She has a mania for collecting vintage vinyl records, often spending hours searching for rare finds."
Alternatives: "an obsession with" or "a passion for".
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But the constant redrawing of rules forced him to give up doing so.Labour's enthusiasm for spending on apprenticeships was accompanied by a mania for reorganisation and red tape.
A national obsession with modernity and a mania for fancier buildings, Mr. Hwang said, has led to the destruction of thousands of hanok.
He also had a mania for conciseness.
Yourcenar had a mania for travel.
A mania for sequels at the expense of innovation.
Big pharma's solution has been a mania for mergers.
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(At this early point in his career Naruse seemed to have a mania for bedside reconciliation scenes).
We learn more than once that Gorky had a mania for work and that he was attracted to beautiful young women he could "teach and mold".
But he accused the government of having a "mania for more and more competition".
Chekhov once wrote to a correspondent: "Odd, I have now a mania for shortness.
There's a mania for sharing self-taken photographs online.
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