Meaning of monomaniac | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns.

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Examples

“To talk nonsense, or poetry, or the dash between the two, in a tone of profound sincerity, and to enunciate solemn discordances with received opinion so seriously as to convey the impression of a spiritual insight, is the peculiar gift by which monomaniacs, having first persuaded themselves, contrive to influence their neighbours, and through them to make conquest of a good half of the world, for good or for ill.”

“Harry knew now that the old man was crazy, or at least a monomaniac, and, though he seemed harmless enough, it was of course possible that he might be dangerous.”

“He had never yet been able to determine whether the old man was a consummate hypocrite or a religious monomaniac.”

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