It was apparent to all but himself that what was once idle curiosity had become a monomania.
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Monomania
/ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə/
Synonyms for "monomania" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
absorbed attentionabsorptionapplicationcomplexcompulsionconcentrationcontemplationdeep studydeep thought
Strong matches (13)
engagementengrossmentfanaticismfascinationfixationfixed ideahang uphang-uphypercathexisidee fixeimmersionintentness
Noun(1 words)
Related words (22)
involvementirresistible impulsemeditationmorbid driveobsessionobsessive compulsionpossessionpreoccupationprepossessionprofound thoughtrapt attentionruling passionsingle-mindednessstudiousnessstudysubmersionticzealotry
Noun(4 words)
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4 entriesone topic fixationpolitical fixationtheological fixationtopic fixation
Collocations
6 entriesacademic monomaniaclinical monomaniamonomania for detailmonomania for theorymonomania in psychiatrysingle topic monomania
Inflections
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2 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
“There are no limits to the possibilities of monomania,” I answered. “There is the condition which the modern French psychologists have called the ‘idée 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 ‘idée fixe’ and under its influence be capable of any fantastic outrage.”
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