monomania

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Recent Examples of monomania In this opera about monomania and desperation, the stakes somehow seem low. Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025 That moniker, which sits on the line between jokiness and monomania, captures the danger. Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2024 The monomania of getting into the sky transcends any barrier that puts him on the ground. Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2022 Coaches and judges exacerbated students’ monomania. Tess McNulty, Harper's Magazine, 10 Aug. 2022 Because as is now clear, Putin’s monomania about controlling Ukraine—its military, its economy, its entire sovereignty—stems not from security arrangements, but from pure, unadulterated neo-imperialism, and a desire to reclaim territories Putin believes belong to Moscow. Casey Michel, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2022 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monomania
Noun
  • His time under the golden arches also seeded an obsession with systems and taught him the importance of keeping operations lean and relentlessly focusing on customers.
    Martina Castellanos, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Typically said when someone copies a trend, latches onto a friend's obsession, or just teases in a playful way.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For an in-depth look at AI psychosis and especially the co-creation of delusions via human-AI collaboration, see my recent analysis at the link here.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • If someone is already at risk of paranoia or delusions, AI may validate their thoughts in a way that intensifies their beliefs.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • People with a phobia of elevators should take steps to avoid them.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
  • What makes treating panic disorder difficult is that these attacks can be symptoms of other conditions, including generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobia disorder (SAD), agoraphobia, major depressive disorder (MDD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Monomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monomania. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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