monomania
Americannoun
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(no longer in technical use) a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas.
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an inordinate or obsessive zeal for or interest in a single thing, idea, subject, or the like.
noun
Other Word Forms
- monomaniac noun
- monomaniacal adjective
Etymology
Origin of monomania
Example Sentences
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Preda likens AI-induced psychosis to monomania, a state of fixation on certain ideas, which he described in a recent article.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
His state senate Republican colleagues, weary of his hair-on-fire approach to advocating his monomania, removed him as chair of the pertinent committee.
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2022
And with the arguable exception of “Mission: Impossible’s” Ethan Hunt, few Cruise characters have felt as aligned with that monomania as Maverick.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022
A similar monomania is back for this latest boom in Black screen expression.
From New York Times • May 20, 2021
He could be generous and caring to a fault, but he had a darker side as well, characterized by monomania, impatience, and unwavering self-absorption, qualities that seemed to intensify through his college years.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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