monomania
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Monomania or the being possessed with one idea to the exclusion of others, is a form of overstrained attention, sustained by memory.
From The Mystic Will A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, through the Awakened Will, by a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence by Leland, Charles Godfrey
Monomania means money, was a business axiom in that gentleman's office, but he had pumped the stream dry and Von Barwig was now at the end of his resources.
From The Music Master Novelized from the Play by Klein, Charles
Monomania, mon-ō-mā′ni-a, n. madness confined to one subject, or to one faculty of the mind: an unreasonable interest in any particular thing.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Monomania had produced Great Things, in the form of a c/2 drive.
From Subjectivity by Spinrad, Norman
Monomania is a derangement of mind in regard to a single subject only.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Cavins, Elmer W.
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