mono·ma·nia | \ ˌmä-nə-ˈmā-nē-ə 
, -nyə \
, -nyə \Definition of monomania
1 : mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought
2 : excessive concentration on a single object or idea
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monomaniac \ ˌmä-nə-ˈmā-nē-ˌak \ noun or adjective
\ noun or adjectivemonomaniacal \ ˌmä-nə-mə-ˈnī-ə-kəl \ adjective
\ adjectivemonomaniacally \ ˌmä-nə-mə-ˈnī-ə-k(ə-)lē \ adverb
\ adverbExamples of monomania in a Sentence
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.
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Joshua Levine, WSJ, "A Moroccan Retreat With a French Minimalist Spin," 13 Aug. 2018 The textualist monomania seems to grate especially on Ginsburg, who was famously close with Scalia.
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Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Daily Intelligencer, "How Neil Gorsuch Became the Second-Most-Polarizing Man in Washington," 28 May 2018 Fischer’s defiant monomania already had many worried during his adolescence.
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Ann Hulbert, Time, "What Parents Can Learn From Steve Jobs and Bill Gates About Raising a Prodigy," 10 Jan. 2018 There are a few problems with the notion that Trump is to blame for our collective political monomania.
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Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, "Winning the Peace," 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.
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Joshua Levine, WSJ, "A Moroccan Retreat With a French Minimalist Spin," 13 Aug. 2018 Polar monomania is the subject and driving force behind this curious book, a composite of capsule history, essays and fictionalized memoir.
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Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction Chronicles: The Intoxicating Attraction of the Abyss," 8 June 2018 The textualist monomania seems to grate especially on Ginsburg, who was famously close with Scalia.
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Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Daily Intelligencer, "How Neil Gorsuch Became the Second-Most-Polarizing Man in Washington," 28 May 2018 Fischer’s defiant monomania already had many worried during his adolescence.
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Ann Hulbert, Time, "What Parents Can Learn From Steve Jobs and Bill Gates About Raising a Prodigy," 10 Jan. 2018
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monomania
nounmono·ma·nia | \ ˌmän-ə-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə \
\Medical Definition of monomania
: mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought
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