Meaning of monomania | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.
2. A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea.
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“It was apparent to all but himself that what was once idle curiosity had become⟳ a monomania.”

““There are no limits to the possibilities of monomania,” I answered. “There is the condition which the modern French psychologists have⟳ called the ‘idée fixe,’ which may be trifling in character, and accompanied by complete⟳ sanity in every other way. A man who had read⟳ deeply about Napoleon, or who had possibly received some hereditary family injury through the great war, might conceivably form⟳ such an ‘idée fixe’ and under its influence⟳ be capable of any fantastic outrage.””

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