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monomania::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | possession |
| Type of | cacoethes, mania, passion |
| Derivation | monomaniacal |
Examples of monomania
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Reese displays monomania and culinary genius while making Thanksgiving dinner.
From the en.wikipedia.org
She's defined by monomania, absolute certainty, her willingness to confront superiors.
From the independent.co.uk
But what sets the supply-siders apart from sensible economists is their sheer monomania.
From the scienceblogs.com
This is partly a function of the majority party's health-care monomania.
From the washingtonpost.com
For some of us, fly fishing is an obsessive sport that drives the afflicted to bouts of monomania.
From the dailyherald.com
Elsewhere Mr. Baker's humorless monomania against Churchill ensnares the author in contradictions.
From the washingtontimes.com
In a weird way, I quite admire the monomania of the fashion world.
From the guardian.co.uk
In literature, success means finding a market for monomania.
From the guardian.co.uk
Those gilded levels of monomania don't usually withstand the transition from shared rented accommodation.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A mania restricted to one thing or idea
- (monomaniac) a person suffering from monomania
- In psychiatry, monomania (from Greek monos, one, and mania, mania) is a single pathological preoccupation in an otherwise sound mind.
- Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject; A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea
- (monomaniac) A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns; Focussed on one thing above all others
- An excessive interest in or enthusiasm for some one thing.
- Obsession with one idea or interest.
- A nineteenth-century term for a pathological obsession with one idea or one social cause. Nineteenth-century psychiatrists often associated explosive behavior with monomania. The word is no longer used as a technical term.
- Madness confined to one subject.
