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monomania

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

monomania

/ ˌmɒnəʊməˈnaɪəkəl; ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə /

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

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.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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