Oneitis

//wʌnˈaɪtɪs// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Attraction towards a single potential partner to the exclusion of other possible partners. slang, uncountable

    "Oneitis is more likely to attack chicks than dudes for reasons of biological conditioning, habitation, mother-child relationship and other scientific crap."

Example

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"Oneitis is more likely to attack chicks than dudes for reasons of biological conditioning, habitation, mother-child relationship and other scientific crap."

Etymology

From one + -itis.

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