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mon·o·ma·ni·a 
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| 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. |
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Monomania
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| mon·o·ma·ni·a
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n.
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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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.
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| monomania | |
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| a mania restricted to one thing or idea |
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mon·o·ma·ni·a (m
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- Pathological obsession with one idea or subject, as in paranoia.
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o·ma·nia·cal (-m-n
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Main Entry: mono·ma·nia
Pronunciation: "män-&-'mA-nE-&, -ny&
Function: noun
: mental disorder especially when limited in
expression to one idea or area of thought
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Monomania
In*san"i*ty\, n. [L. insanitas unsoundness; cf. insania insanity, F. insanite.]1. The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy. All power of fancy overreason is a degree of insanity. --Johnson. Without grace The heart's insanity admits no cure. --Cowper. 2. (Law) Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility. Syn: Syn>- Insanity, Lunacy, Madness, Derangement, Aliention, Aberration, Mania, Delirium, Frenzy, Monomania, Dementia. Usage: Insanity is the generic term for all such diseases; lunacy has now an equal extent of meaning, though once used to denote periodical insanity; madness has the same extent, though originally referring to the rage created by the disease; derangement, alienation, are popular terms for insanity; delirium, mania, and frenzy denote excited states of the disease; dementia denotes the loss of mental power by this means; monomania is insanity upon a single subject.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Monomania
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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