What does "monomaniacal" mean?

Of or relating to a monomaniac.

What is a synonym for "monomaniacal"?

Common synonyms include: absorbed, besotted, buried in, caught up in, devoted, engaged.

How do you pronounce "monomaniacal"?

Pronounced //ˌmɒnəməˈnaɪəkəl//.

Monomaniacal

//ˌmɒnəməˈnaɪəkəl// adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of or relating to a monomaniac.
"‘The typical Zweig story,’ the critic William Deresiewicz notes, cooling to his subject in an afterword, ‘is a tale of monomaniacal passion set loose amid the veiled, upholstered civility of the Austrian bourgeoisie, the class into which Zweig was born.’"

Adjective

1
obsessed with a single subject or idea wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

absorbed besotted buried in caught up in devoted engaged

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"‘The typical Zweig story,’ the critic William Deresiewicz notes, cooling to his subject in an afterword, ‘is a tale of monomaniacal passion set loose amid the veiled, upholstered civility of the Austrian bourgeoisie, the class into which Zweig was born.’"

Etymology

From mono- + maniacal.

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