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Meaning of oneitis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/wʌnˈaɪtɪs/

Definitions

Attraction towards a single potential partner to the exclusion of other possible partners.

slang, uncountable

Examples

“Oneitis is more likely to attack chicks than dudes for reasons of biological conditioning, habitation, mother-child relationship and other scientific crap.”
“But in the past eight months, I hadn't felt even a tremor of oneitis. In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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