monomania

monomania
monomaniac /mon'euh may"nee ak'/, n.monomaniacal /mon'euh meuh nuy"euh keuhl/, adj.
/mon'euh may"nee euh, -mayn"yeuh/, n.
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.
[1815-25; < NL; see MONO-, -MANIA]

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  • monomania — (n.) insanity in regard to a single subect or class of subjects, 1820, probably on model of earlier Fr. monomanie, from Mod.L. monomania, from Gk. monos single, alone (see MONO (Cf. mono )) + mania (see MANIA (Cf. mania)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • monomanía — sustantivo femenino 1. (no contable) Área: psicología, psiquiatría Preocupación exagerada y obsesiva por una idea determinada: Le ha entrado la monomanía de leer sólo biografías …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Monomania — Mon o*ma ni*a, n. [Mono + mania.] Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement. [1913 Webster] Syn: Insanity; madness;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • monomania — index obsession Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • monomania — /monoma nia/ s.f. [comp. di mono e mania ]. 1. (med.) [alterazione psichica di chi rivolge tutte le proprie facoltà mentali a un unica cosa o persona] ▶◀ ⇑ mania, paranoia, psicosi. 2. (estens.) [attaccamento morboso a un idea, a un attività e… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • monomania — s. f. Mania em que predomina uma ideia fixa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • monomanía — (De mono y manía). 1. f. Med. Locura o delirio parcial sobre una sola idea o un solo orden de ideas. 2. Preocupación o afición desmedida que se reprende o afea en persona de cabal juicio …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • monomania — ► NOUN ▪ obsessive preoccupation with one thing. DERIVATIVES monomaniac noun …   English terms dictionary

  • monomania — [män΄ō mā′nē ə] n. [ModL: see MONO & MANIA] 1. an excessive interest in or enthusiasm for some one thing; craze 2. a mental disorder characterized by irrational preoccupation with one subject monomaniac [män΄ōmā′nē ak΄] n. monomaniacal [män΄ōmə… …   English World dictionary

  • Monomania — In 19th century psychiatry, monomania (from Greek monos, one, and mania, mania) is a single pathological preoccupation in an otherwise sound mind.[1] Emotional monomania is that in which the patient is obsessed with only one emotion or several… …   Wikipedia

  • Monomanía — En psiquiatría se denomina monomanía (del griego monos, uno , y mania, locura , acuñado por primera vez en francés por Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol en 1814) a un tipo de paranoia en el que el paciente sólo puede pensar en una idea o tipo de… …   Wikipedia Español

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