oneitis
/wʌnˈaɪtɪs/
oneitis noun: attraction towards a single potential partner to the exclusion of other possible partners.
Noun
oneitis (uncountable)
- Attraction towards a single potential partner to the exclusion of other possible partners.
- Oneitis is more likely to attack chicks than dudes for reasons of biological conditioning, habitation, mother-child relationship and other scientific crap.2008, Zander Martin, The Players
- But in the past eight months, I hadn't felt even a tremor of oneitis. In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable.2011, Neil Strauss, The Game and Rules of the Game
Origin of oneitis
From one + -itis.
Questions about oneitis
- What does oneitis mean?
- Oneitis means attraction towards a single potential partner to the exclusion of other possible partners.
- What part of speech is oneitis?
- Oneitis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce oneitis?
- Oneitis is pronounced /wʌnˈaɪtɪs/.
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