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monomania

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mon·o·ma·ni·a  (mn-mn-, -mny)
n.
1. Pathological obsession with one idea or subject.
2. Intent concentration on or exaggerated enthusiasm for a single subject or idea.
mono·mani·ac (-mn-k) n.
mono·ma·nia·cal (-m-n-kl) adj.
mono·ma·nia·cal·ly adv.
monomania
Noun
an obsession with one thing or idea
monomaniac nadj
monomania
1. a partial insanity in which psychotic thinking is confined to one subject or group of subjects.
2. an excessive interest in or enthusiasm for a single thing, idea, or the like; obsession.
See also: Manias
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.monomania - a mania restricted to one thing or idea
possession
cacoethes, mania, passion - an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
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But in monomania the errant faculty protrudes itself in a way that may not be denied.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
It would be refining too much, perhaps, even considering his monomania, to hint that his vindictiveness towards the White Whale might have possibly extended itself in some degree to all sperm whales, and that the more monsters he slew by so much the more he multiplied the chances that each subsequently encountered whale would prove to be the hated one he hunted.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
He thought of it constantly, so that it became a monomania.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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