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单词 monomania
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monomania

noun

mono·​ma·​nia ˌmä-nə-ˈmā-nē-ə How to pronounce monomania (audio)
-nyə
1
: mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought
2
: excessive concentration on a single object or idea
monomaniac
ˌmä-nə-ˈmā-nē-ˌak How to pronounce monomania (audio)
noun or adjective
monomaniacal
ˌmä-nə-mə-ˈnī-ə-kəl How to pronounce monomania (audio)
adjective
monomaniacally
ˌmä-nə-mə-ˈnī-ə-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce monomania (audio)
adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In conceiving the project, Fournier and Marty invented a backstory and built their décor around it with the zany monomania of a Wes Anderson movie. Joshua Levine, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018 The textualist monomania seems to grate especially on Ginsburg, who was famously close with Scalia. Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Daily Intelligencer, 28 May 2018 Fischer’s defiant monomania already had many worried during his adolescence. Ann Hulbert, Time, 10 Jan. 2018 There are a few problems with the notion that Trump is to blame for our collective political monomania. Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019 In conceiving the project, Fournier and Marty invented a backstory and built their décor around it with the zany monomania of a Wes Anderson movie. Joshua Levine, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018 Polar monomania is the subject and driving force behind this curious book, a composite of capsule history, essays and fictionalized memoir. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 8 June 2018 The textualist monomania seems to grate especially on Ginsburg, who was famously close with Scalia. Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Daily Intelligencer, 28 May 2018 Fischer’s defiant monomania already had many worried during his adolescence. Ann Hulbert, Time, 10 Jan. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

New Latin

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

monomania

noun

mono·​ma·​nia ˌmän-ə-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə How to pronounce monomania (audio)
: mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought

monomania

noun

as in obsession

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • obsession
  • delusion
  • phobia
  • schizophrenia
  • hallucination
  • hysteria
  • paranoia
  • delirium
  • unsoundness
  • neurosis
  • abnormality
  • psychosis
  • irrationality
  • frenzy
  • mania
  • instability
  • unreasonableness
  • hallucinosis
  • hypomania
  • insanity
  • derangement
  • dementia
  • senile dementia
  • madness
  • dementedness
  • lunacy
  • aberration
  • rage

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sanity
  • mind
  • lucidity
  • saneness
  • rationality
  • reasonableness
  • normality
  • soundness
  • reasonability
  • rationalness
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