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单词 monomania
释义
monomania
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Someone who suffers from monomania is unhealthily preoccupied with something. If your sister talks about nothing but her collection of vintage lunch boxes, you could call it monomania.
It's one thing to be excited about playing Scrabble or preoccupied with local politics, but when any interest gets out of hand, you can call it monomania. The word monomania, from the Greek mono, "one" and mania, "madness," was coined by a French psychiatrist in the early 1800s. One of the most famous literary cases of monomania is that of Captain Ahab, obsessed with his pursuit of Moby Dick.
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monomania: monomaniac, monomaniacal, monomanias+/monomaniac: monomaniacs/monomaniacal: monomaniacally
USAGE EXAMPLES
It’s telling that this monomania gets rewarded—every single time, with cheering crowds and Facebook likes—despite its lack of substance.
Slate(May 31, 2016)
That sadness festered and culminated in Monomania, an album fueled by rage and caked in rust just for kicks.
The Verge(Oct 16, 2015)
But on this day, Aug. 27, in 1859, Drake’s monomania paid off.
Time(Aug 27, 2015)
n a mania restricted to one thing or idea
Syn|Hyper
possession
cacoethes, mania, passion
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
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