monomania

English

Etymology

Either:

• Formed in English as mono- +‎ mania;
• From the French monomanie; or,
• From the Modern Latin monomania.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə/
• (US) IPA: /ˌmɑnoʊˈmeɪniə/
• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

monomania (plural monomanias or monomaniæ)

1. Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.

   It was apparent to all but himself that what was once idle curiosity had become a monomania.

2. A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea.

Quotations

• 1905 — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Six Napoleons

  "There are no limits to the possibilities of monomania," I answered. "There is the condition which the modern French psychologists have called the 'idee fixe,' which may be trifling in character, and accompanied by complete sanity in every other way. A man who had read deeply about Napoleon, or who had possibly received some hereditary family injury through the great war, might conceivably form such an 'idee fixe' and under its influence be capable of any fantastic outrage."

Translations

an excessive interest with a singal subject

• Dutch: monomanie (nl)
• Finnish: monomania (fi)

• French: monomanie (fr) f
• Italian: monomania (it) f

Related terms

• monomaniac

See also

• idee fixe
• obsession

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Finnish

Etymology

mono- + -mania

Noun

monomania

1. monomania

Declension

Declension of monomania (type kulkija) singular plural nominative monomania monomaniat genitive monomanian monomanioiden monomanioitten monomaniain1 partitive monomaniaa monomanioita accusative monomania monomanian monomaniat inessive monomaniassa monomanioissa elative monomaniasta monomanioista illative monomaniaan monomanioihin adessive monomanialla monomanioilla ablative monomanialta monomanioilta allative monomanialle monomanioille essive monomaniana monomanioina translative monomaniaksi monomanioiksi instructive – monomanioin abessive monomaniatta monomanioitta comitative – monomanioineen 1) Rare.

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Italian

Etymology

From mono- + -mania.

Noun

monomania f (plural monomanie)

1. monomania

Related terms

• monomane

Anagrams

• annoiammo