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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 ideaplay

  Familiarity information: MONOMANIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONOMANIA (noun)


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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