monomania
English
Etymology
Either:
- Formed in English as mono- + mania;
- From the French monomanie; or,
- From the Modern Latin monomania.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɑnoʊˈmeɪni.ə/
- Rhymes: -eɪniə
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.
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."
Related terms
- monomaniac
Translations
an excessive interest with a singal subject
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See also
- idee fixe
- obsession
Finnish
Etymology
mono- + -mania
Noun
monomania
- monomania
Declension
| Inflection of monomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | monomania | monomaniat | |
| genitive | monomanian | monomanioiden monomanioitten | |
| partitive | monomaniaa | monomanioita | |
| illative | monomaniaan | monomanioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | monomania | monomaniat | |
| accusative | nom. | monomania | monomaniat |
| gen. | monomanian | ||
| genitive | monomanian | monomanioiden monomanioitten monomaniainrare | |
| partitive | monomaniaa | monomanioita | |
| 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 | |
Italian
Etymology
From mono- + -mania.
Noun
monomania f (plural monomanie)
- monomania
Related terms
- monomane
Anagrams
- annoiammo