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monomania

[mon-uh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh] / ˌmɒn əˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn jə /








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Preda likens AI-induced psychosis to monomania, a state of fixation on certain ideas, which he described in a recent article.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

His state senate Republican colleagues, weary of his hair-on-fire approach to advocating his monomania, removed him as chair of the pertinent committee.

From Washington Post Sep. 25, 2022

Sometime in “Joy Womack: The White Swan,” determination starts to look like monomania, even if the directors, Dina Burlis and Sergey Gavrilov, never tip their hands on where they stand.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2021

While whiplashing the viewing audience with her concertmaster’s monomania, she overlooks her son’s descent into evilness.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2020

He could be generous and caring to a fault, but he had a darker side as well, characterized by monomania, impatience, and unwavering self-absorption, qualities that seemed to intensify through his college years.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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