monomania
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əˈmeɪ 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.
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monomania (ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| an excessive mental preoccupation with one thing, idea, etc | |
| mono'maniac | |
| —n, —adj | |
| monomaniacal | |
| —adj | |
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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.
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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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The same monomania and hubris that made him a great researcher also helped bring about his own demise.
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