Thesaurus / monomania
FEEDBACK- bigotry
- extremism
- hatred
- intolerance
- zeal
- zealotry
- abandonment
- arbitrariness
- bias
- contumacy
- dedication
- devotion
- dogma
- enthusiasm
- faction
- frenzy
- immoderation
- infatuation
- injustice
- madness
- obsessiveness
- obstinacy
- partiality
- partisanship
- passion
- prejudice
- rage
- single-mindedness
- stubbornness
- superstition
- tenacity
- transport
- unfairness
- unruliness
- violence
- willfulness
- incorrigibility
- unreasonableness
- compulsion
- fetish
- fixation
- infatuation
- irresistible impulse
- mania
- obsession
- obsessive compulsion
- one-track mind
- preoccupation
- craving
- craze
- craziness
- enthusiasm
- fad
- fascination
- frenzy
- infatuation
- lunacy
- obsession
- passion
- rage
- aberration
- bee
- bug
- compulsion
- delirium
- derangement
- desire
- disorder
- fancy
- fetish
- furor
- grabber
- hang-up
- insanity
- partiality
- preoccupation
- thing
- tiger
- ax to grind
- bee in bonnet
- bug in ear
- fixed idea
- idée fixe
- on the brain
- tiger by the tail
- attraction
- compulsion
- fascination
- fixation
- fixed idea
- hang-up
- idée fixe
- infatuation
- obsession
- passion
- preoccupation
- prepossession
- ruling passion
- single-mindedness
- tunnel vision
- narrow-mindedness
- blind spot
- blinders
- constricted vision
- fixation
- myopia
- narrow outlook
- obsession
- one-track mind
- shortsightedness
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How to use monomania in a sentence
Each of them had his monomania; and the two monomaniac suited each other perfectly.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYMonomania as a defense for crime has brought expert evidence into great disrepute.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEYThe word monomania has been an unfortunate one for scientific psychiatry, because it has been abused to shield criminals.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEYMonomania is sometimes simply the exaggerated regard to one side of many-sided truth.
CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL, NO. 451VARIOUSHence we must distinguish between mere eccentricity and monomania.
THE CURIOSITIES AND LAW OF WILLSJOHN PROFFATTIt is from this case, as a starting point, has arisen the theory of monomania, as applied to testamentary capacity.
THE CURIOSITIES AND LAW OF WILLSJOHN PROFFATTGhost-hunting was my one weakness—perhaps I should say monomania.
THE HAUNTED HOMESTEADE. D. E. N. SOUTHWORTHWould my father's monomania account for the fact of my brother's hair turning grey and my mother wasting away to a mere shadow?
THE MYSTERY OF CLOOMBERARTHUR CONAN DOYLEEvidently he took the death of his wife very hard, and it has added to his natural tendency towards a sort of spiritual monomania.
THE TYRANNY OF THE DARKHAMLIN GARLANDMr. Kenyon says broadly that it is monomania—neither more nor less.
THE LETTERS OF ROBERT BROWNING AND ELIZABETH BARRETT BARRETT, VOL. 1 (OF 2) 1845-1846ROBERT BROWNING AND ELIZABETH BARRETT BARRETTWORDS RELATED TO MONOMANIA
- abandonment
- arbitrariness
- bias
- bigotry
- contumacy
- dedication
- devotion
- dogma
- enthusiasm
- extremism
- faction
- frenzy
- hatred
- immoderation
- incorrigibility
- infatuation
- injustice
- intolerance
- madness
- monomania
- obsessiveness
- obstinacy
- partiality
- partisanship
- passion
- prejudice
- rage
- single-mindedness
- stubbornness
- superstition
- tenacity
- transport
- unfairness
- unreasonableness
- unruliness
- violence
- willfulness
- zeal
- zealotry
- aberration
- ax to grind
- bee
- bee in bonnet
- bug
- bug in ear
- compulsion
- craving
- craze
- craziness
- delirium
- derangement
- desire
- disorder
- enthusiasm
- fad
- fancy
- fascination
- fetish
- fixed idea
- frenzy
- furor
- grabber
- hang-up
- idée fixe
- infatuation
- insanity
- lunacy
- monomania
- obsession
- on the brain
- partiality
- passion
- preoccupation
- rage
- thing
- tiger
- tiger by the tail
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.