as in obsession
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Recent Examples of monomania
Coaches and judges exacerbated students’ monomania.
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Tess McNulty, Harper's Magazine, 10 Aug. 2022
Because as is now clear, Putin’s monomania about controlling Ukraine—its military, its economy, its entire sovereignty—stems not from security arrangements, but from pure, unadulterated neo-imperialism, and a desire to reclaim territories Putin believes belong to Moscow.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2022
The monomania of getting into the sky transcends any barrier that puts him on the ground.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2022
In conceiving the project, Fournier and Marty invented a backstory and built their décor around it with the zany monomania of a Wes Anderson movie.
—Joshua Levine, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018
The textualist monomania seems to grate especially on Ginsburg, who was famously close with Scalia.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Daily Intelligencer, 28 May 2018
Fischer’s defiant monomania already had many worried during his adolescence.
—Ann Hulbert, Time, 10 Jan. 2018
There are a few problems with the notion that Trump is to blame for our collective political monomania.
—Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019
Polar monomania is the subject and driving force behind this curious book, a composite of capsule history, essays and fictionalized memoir.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 8 June 2018
Tess McNulty, Harper's Magazine, 10 Aug. 2022
Because as is now clear, Putin’s monomania about controlling Ukraine—its military, its economy, its entire sovereignty—stems not from security arrangements, but from pure, unadulterated neo-imperialism, and a desire to reclaim territories Putin believes belong to Moscow.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2022
The monomania of getting into the sky transcends any barrier that puts him on the ground.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2022
In conceiving the project, Fournier and Marty invented a backstory and built their décor around it with the zany monomania of a Wes Anderson movie.
—Joshua Levine, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018
The textualist monomania seems to grate especially on Ginsburg, who was famously close with Scalia.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Daily Intelligencer, 28 May 2018
Fischer’s defiant monomania already had many worried during his adolescence.
—Ann Hulbert, Time, 10 Jan. 2018
There are a few problems with the notion that Trump is to blame for our collective political monomania.
—Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019
Polar monomania is the subject and driving force behind this curious book, a composite of capsule history, essays and fictionalized memoir.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 8 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monomania
Noun
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And that became my obsession during the writing of the script.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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The teaser shows Joe (Penn Badgley) returning to New York City, walking through Mooney's Bookstore and reminiscing about his first obsession, Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail).—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In a moment of delusion, Simon cooks up a scheme to get Wei-Tung married and secure their friend Wei-Wei a green card.—
Sadie Collins,
Them,
24 Jan. 2025
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Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On the contrary, hypnosis is a healing tool that helps people with anxiety, phobias, and everything in between.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Jan. 2025
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Unexplained phobias or aversions have also been thought to have been transferred over from a past existence.—
Saskia Solomon,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Monomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monomania. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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