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MONOMANIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does monomania mean?
• MONOMANIA (noun)
The noun MONOMANIA has 1 sense:
1. a mania restricted to one thing or idea
Familiarity information: MONOMANIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mania restricted to one thing or idea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting goals
Synonyms:
monomania; possession
Hypernyms ("monomania" is a kind of...):
cacoethes; mania; passion (an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action)
Derivation:
monomaniacal (obsessed with a single subject or idea)
Context examples
“There are no limits to the possibilities of monomania,” I answered.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I call it quite my monomania, it is such a subject of mine.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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