monomania
UK/ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə//ˌmɑnoʊˈmeɪni.ə/
monomania noun: excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.
Noun
monomania (plural monomanias or monomaniæ)
- 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.
- A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea.
- “There are no limits to the possibilities of monomania,” I answered. “There is the condition which the modern French psychologists have called the ‘idée 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...1904 April 30, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC, page 212
monomania meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
monomania in Tamil
- ஒரு பொருள் வெறி, ஒருகருத்துவெறி
monomania in Bengali
- একক বিষয়ে উন্মাদনা, অতিরিক্ত আবেশ
monomania in Malayalam
- fixation, obsession, consuming passion
- ഏകവിഷയഭ്രാന്ത്, ഏകവിഷയോന്മാദം, ഏകചിന്താനിരതത്വം, ഒഴിയാബാധ, ബാധ, അഭിനിവേശം
Forms of monomania
| plural | monomanias |
|---|---|
| plural | monomaniæ |
Origin of monomania
Either: * Formed in English as mono- + mania; * From the French monomanie; or, * From the Modern Latin monomania.
Words that rhyme with monomania
- Pennsylvania
- dipsomania
- Lusitania
- mania
- megalomania
- urania
- Aquitania
- erotomania
- graphomania
- metromania
- Occitania
- Pittsylvania
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- Romania
- Ruritania
- Spotsylvania
- Tasmania
- theomania
- tulipomania
- acrania
- Albania
- anthomania
- arithmomania
- bibliomania
- Chinamania
- crania
- egomania
- ergomania
- extemporanea
- extemporania
- Francomania
- Gallomania
- gazania
- habromania
- hagiomania
- Hellenomania
- hemicrania
- kleptomania
- laconomania
- Lithuania
- Mauretania
- musomania
- nostomania
- nymphomania
- oniomania
- orchidomania
- paramania
- phyllomania
- Pistolvania
- politicomania
- polytoxicomania
- Pomerania
- pornomania
- pyromania
- Rumania
- syphilomania
- theatromania
- timbromania
- toxicomania
- Transylvania
- trichotillomania
Questions about monomania
- What does monomania mean?
- Monomania means excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.
- What is monomania in Tamil?
- Monomania in Tamil is ஒரு பொருள் வெறி, ஒருகருத்துவெறி. See Monomania meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is monomania?
- Monomania is a noun.
- How do you pronounce monomania?
- Monomania is pronounced /ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of monomania?
- The plural of monomania is monomanias.
Words near monomania in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monomania (page history and authors); monomania (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monomania (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monomania (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monomania (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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