About The Word Monomania
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Monomania
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What's The Definition Of Monomania?
[n] a mania restricted to one thing or idea
Synonyms | Synonyms for Monomania: possession Related Terms | Find terms related to Monomania: absorbed attention | absorption | application | complex | compulsion | concentration | contemplation | deep study | deep thought | engagement | engrossment | fascination | fixation | fixed idea | hang-up | hypercathexis | idee fixe | immersion | intentness | involvement | irresistible impulse | meditation | morbid drive | obsession | obsessive compulsion | possession | preoccupation | prepossession | profound thought | rapt attention | ruling passion | single-mindedness | studiousness | study | submersion | tic See Also | cacoethes | mania | passion Monomania In Webster's Dictionary \Mon`o*ma"ni*a\, n. [Mono- + mania.]
Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only;
also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular
subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement.
Syn: Insanity; madness; alienation; aberration; derangement;
mania. See {Insanity}.
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