Dianamania
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Dianamania (uncountable)
- (informal) Excessive fanaticism concerning Diana, Princess of Wales.
- 1998, The Salisbury review:
- The significant and horrible thing about the Dianamania is that it is sentiment without reason or judgement...
- 2005, Philip Norman, Shout!: the Beatles in their generation:
- Now Dianamania flickers fitfully on and off like faulty neon while Beatlemania blazes stronger than ever.
- 2009, Andrew Morton, Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography:
- In the early days of Dianamania, she was defined by her marriage, her fashions and her children, Princes William and Harry.