Synonyms of monomania

monomania

noun

as in obsession

Related Words

• obsession
• delusion
• phobia
• hallucination
• schizophrenia
• unsoundness
• abnormality
• paranoia
• hysteria
• delirium
• instability
• frenzy
• neurosis
• senile dementia
• psychosis
• irrationality
• unreasonableness
• hypomania
• hallucinosis
• dementedness
• mania
• dementia
• insanity
• derangement
• madness
• aberration
• lunacy
• rage

Dissimilar Words

• sanity
• mind
• lucidity
• rationality
• saneness
• reasonableness
• normality
• soundness
• reasonability
• rationalness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of monomania

The Kennedy assassination all at once gave Martin a vocation and a network of pen pals and phone buddies; her monomania also provided her kids with an opportunity for experiential learning in a pre-digital era. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2026

The entire plot of the movie spun out of his love for Princess Peach, and Black’s vocal performance was a delectable weave of monomania and insecurity. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026

Bernhard’s barely contained incestuous desires (The Loser is only one of a suite of works about brother-sister love and hate, alongside Correction, The Lime Works, and Concrete) are the product of individual psychologies run amok and turned back on themselves, the offshoots of artistic monomania. — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026

The funny thing is, Austin fathered seven children in all, but only Dot, Betty and Helen were coerced into performing, and their father’s monomania is compared, quite alarmingly, to such bullying stage fathers as Murray Wilson (The Beach Boys) and Joe Jackson (The Jackson 5). — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026

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