Monomania
[mon-uh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh] /ˌmɒn əˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə/
noun
1.
(no longer in technical use) a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas.
2.
an inordinate or obsessive zeal for or interest in a single thing, idea, subject, or the like.
/ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə/
noun
1.
an excessive mental preoccupation with one thing, idea, etc
n.
“insanity in regard to a single subect or class of subjects,” 1820, probably on model of earlier French monomanie, from Modern Latin monomania, from Greek monos “single, alone” (see mono-) + mania (see mania).
monomania mon·o·ma·ni·a (mŏn’ə-mā’nē-ə, -mān’yə)
n.
Pathological obsession with one idea or subject, as in paranoia.
mon’o·ma’ni·ac’ (-mā’nē-āk’) n.
mon’o·ma·ni’a·cal (-mə-nī’ə-kəl) adj.
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