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monomania

[ mon-uh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]

noun

  1. (no longer in technical use) a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas.
  2. an inordinate or obsessive zeal for or interest in a single thing, idea, subject, or the like.


monomania

/ ˌmɒnəʊməˈnaɪəkəl; ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

  1. an excessive mental preoccupation with one thing, idea, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • monomaniacal, adjective
  • ˌmonoˈmaniˌac, nounadjective
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Other Words From

  • mon·o·ma·ni·ac [mon-, uh, -, mey, -nee-ak], noun
  • mon·o·ma·ni·a·cal [mon-, uh, -m, uh, -, nahy, -, uh, -k, uh, l], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of monomania1

From New Latin, dating back to 1815–25; mono-, -mania
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Example Sentences

Each of them had his monomania; and the two monomaniac suited each other perfectly.

Monomania as a defense for crime has brought expert evidence into great disrepute.

The word monomania has been an unfortunate one for scientific psychiatry, because it has been abused to shield criminals.

Monomania is sometimes simply the exaggerated regard to one side of many-sided truth.

Hence we must distinguish between mere eccentricity and monomania.

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