monomania
(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.
Origin of monomania
1Other words from monomania
- mon·o·ma·ni·ac [mon-uh-mey-nee-ak], /ˌmɒn əˈmeɪ niˌæk/, noun
- mon·o·ma·ni·a·cal [mon-uh-muh-nahy-uh-kuhl], /ˌmɒn ə məˈnaɪ ə kəl/, adjective
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How to use monomania in a sentence
Each of them had his monomania; and the two monomaniac suited each other perfectly.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulaymonomania as a defense for crime has brought expert evidence into great disrepute.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThe word monomania has been an unfortunate one for scientific psychiatry, because it has been abused to shield criminals.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malleymonomania is sometimes simply the exaggerated regard to one side of many-sided truth.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 | VariousHence we must distinguish between mere eccentricity and monomania.
The Curiosities and Law of Wills | John Proffatt
British Dictionary definitions for monomania
/ (ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə) /
an excessive mental preoccupation with one thing, idea, etc
Derived forms of monomania
- monomaniac, noun, adjective
- monomaniacal (ˌmɒnəʊməˈnaɪəkəl), adjective
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