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 MacaulayEven today tens of thousands of educated men regard him as a monomaniac concerning the abolition of slavery.
The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It | Rev. Samuel Vanderlip LeechHunted and hated in two worlds, Hradzka dreamed of a monomaniac's glory, stranded in the past with his knowledge of the future.
Flight From Tomorrow | Henry Beam PiperSleeping or waking it was the same, wherever he looked those sad eyes met his; there was no escape; he was becoming a monomaniac.
The Arab's Pledge | Edward L. MitfordOf course no one not a monomaniac would so entirely ignore your side, would conceive so strange an idea.
The Squirrel-Cage | Dorothy Canfield
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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