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MONOMANIAC

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mon⋅o⋅ma⋅ni⋅a

  [mon-uh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh]
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–noun
1. (no longer in technical use) a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas.
2. an inordinate or obsessive zeal for or interest in a single thing, idea, subject, or the like.
Origin:
1815–25; < NL; see mono-, -mania

Related forms:
mon⋅o⋅ma⋅ni⋅ac  [mon-uh-mey-nee-ak] , noun
mon⋅o⋅ma⋅ni⋅a⋅cal  [mon-uh-muh-nahy-uh-kuhl] , adjective
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mon·o·ma·ni·a   (mŏn'ə-mā'nē-ə, -mān'yə)   
n.  

  1. Pathological obsession with one idea or subject.

  2. Intent concentration on or exaggerated enthusiasm for a single subject or idea.

mon'o·ma'ni·ac' (-mā'nē-āk') n., mon'o·ma·ni'a·cal (-mə-nī'ə-kəl) adj., mon'o·ma·ni'a·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

monomania 
1823, from Mod.L., from Gk. monos "single, alone" + mania. Probably on model of earlier Fr. monomanie. Form of insanity in which the patient is mad on one subject only.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mono·ma·nia
Pronunciation: "män-&-'mA-nE-&, -ny&
Function: noun
: mental disorder especially when limited inexpression to one idea or area of thought

Main Entry: mono·ma·ni·ac
Pronunciation: -nE-"ak
Function: noun
: an individual affected by monomania
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

monomania mon·o·ma·ni·a (mŏn'ə-mā'nē-ə, -mān'yə)
n.
Pathological obsession with one idea or subject, as in paranoia.

mon'o·ma'ni·ac' (-mā'nē-āk') n.
mon'o·ma·ni'a·cal (-mə-nī'ə-kəl) adj.

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