monomania
noun
mono·ma·nia
| \ ˌmä-nə-ˈmā-nē-ə
, -nyə\
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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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Other Words from monomania
monomaniac
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noun or adjective
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noun or adjective
monomaniacal
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adjective
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adjective
monomaniacally
\ ˌmä-nə-mə-ˈnī-ə-k(ə-)lē
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adverb
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adverb
Examples of monomania in a Sentence
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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, "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. — 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. — 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. — 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. — 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. — 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. — 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. — Ann Hulbert, Time, "What Parents Can Learn From Steve Jobs and Bill Gates About Raising a Prodigy," 10 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'monomania.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for monomania
monomania
noun
mono·ma·nia
| \ ˌmän-ə-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə
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Medical Definition of monomania
: mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought