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
He added that he had “fairly decent, monomaniacal plans to finish [the project] with due care and all-available skill.”
Like Gates, Zuckerberg has infinite wealth, and he seems monomaniacal in his desire to see Facebook beat back any and all rivals.
Going Public, Facebook Will Make Mark Zuckerberg at Least $21 Billion | Gary Rivlin | February 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“We would talk about the [acting] process endlessly and he was monomaniacal about the work,” she says in the film.
And he was no madman, no victim of a monomaniacal obsession.
This Crowded Earth | Robert BlochAll I wanted was to satisfy myself that I was free from a monomaniacal illusion.
When a government with tens of billions of dollars to spend becomes monomaniacal, Great Things can be accomplished.
Subjectivity | Norman SpinradHysterical, like epileptic, subjects often suffer from melancholia or monomaniacal delirium.
Criminal Man | Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
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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