Monomaniacal Definition & Meaning

Other Words from monomania

monomaniac \ ˌmä-nə-ˈmā-nē-ˌak

\ noun or adjective

monomaniacal \ ˌmä-nə-mə-ˈnī-ə-kəl

\ adjective

monomaniacally \ ˌmä-nə-mə-ˈnī-ə-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

Examples 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. — 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

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