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monomania
[ mon-uh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]
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 /
noun
- an excessive mental preoccupation with one thing, idea, etc
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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
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Example Sentences
Each of them had his monomania; and the two monomaniac suited each other perfectly.
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Monomania as a defense for crime has brought expert evidence into great disrepute.
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The word monomania has been an unfortunate one for scientific psychiatry, because it has been abused to shield criminals.
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Monomania is sometimes simply the exaggerated regard to one side of many-sided truth.
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Hence we must distinguish between mere eccentricity and monomania.
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