Monomania is an English word with synonyms like possession or mania. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Monomania meaning
- Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.
- A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea.
Synonyms of Monomania
Using Monomania
- The main meaning on this page is: Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject. | A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea.
- Useful related words include: possession, mania, passion, cacoethes.
- In the example corpus, monomania often appears in combinations such as: monomania of.
Context around Monomania
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Monomania
- In this selection, "monomania" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the monomania of the and of his monomania. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "monomania" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with monomania
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And virtually anybody on earth is better if she or he offers something more than just the “real time” monomania of a sniveling little kleptomaniacal penthouse rich boy crybaby. (29 words)
Teevens speaks with the zeal of the convert and the monomania of the activist (as well as the thick accent of someone reared a short drive south of Boston). (29 words)
Second, Ahab's response to the sequence of meetings shows the "rising curve of his passion" so that the meetings form a diagram of the climactic development of his monomania. (30 words)
A recurrent source of conflict on Gamma World is the rivalry among the "Cryptic Alliances", semi-secret societies whose ideological agendas—usually verging on monomania —often bring them into conflict with the rest of the Gamma World. (37 words)
Second, Ahab's response to the sequence of meetings shows the "rising curve of his passion" so that the meetings form a diagram of the climactic development of his monomania. (30 words)
And virtually anybody on earth is better if she or he offers something more than just the “real time” monomania of a sniveling little kleptomaniacal penthouse rich boy crybaby. (29 words)
Example sentences (4)
And virtually anybody on earth is better if she or he offers something more than just the “real time” monomania of a sniveling little kleptomaniacal penthouse rich boy crybaby.
Teevens speaks with the zeal of the convert and the monomania of the activist (as well as the thick accent of someone reared a short drive south of Boston).
A recurrent source of conflict on Gamma World is the rivalry among the "Cryptic Alliances", semi-secret societies whose ideological agendas—usually verging on monomania —often bring them into conflict with the rest of the Gamma World.
Second, Ahab's response to the sequence of meetings shows the "rising curve of his passion" so that the meetings form a diagram of the climactic development of his monomania.
Common combinations with monomania
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- monomania of 2×