hyperfixation vs mania

hyperfixation

noun
  • A complete obsession or absorption in a subject or hobby to a point where a person appears to completely tune out their surroundings and where the person repeatedly returns to said subject or material. 

mania

noun
  • Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism. 

  • Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. 

  • The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels. 

  • Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. 

  • 2013-07-20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845 

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