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 In this opera about monomania and desperation, the stakes somehow seem low. Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025 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 The monomania of getting into the sky transcends any barrier that puts him on the ground. Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 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
  • Others block entire afternoons for their obsession.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • And on the high-school football team, the comedian remembers trying to pass off his pop-star obsessions as pure, red-blooded machismo.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Spread it around Twitter where the console wars are still kept alive via delusion, sadness and regressive human thinking.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • However, in addition, the Moon also opposes fuzzy Neptune in your sign, which can create confusion, delusion and deceit.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Dogs experiencing noise phobia might pace, pant, tremble or hypersalivate, the article stated.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The research could help scientists better understand how to help people with anxiety, phobias, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Monomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monomania. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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