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monomania
English
Etymology
Either:
- Formed in English as mono- +? mania;
- From the French monomanie; or,
- From the Modern Latin monomania.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?n???me?n??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?no??me?ni.?/
- Rhymes: -e?ni?
Noun
monomania (plural monomanias or monomaniæ)
- Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.
- It was apparent to all but himself that what was once idle curiosity had become a monomania.
- A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea.
Quotations
- 1905 — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
- "There are no limits to the possibilities of monomania," I answered. "There is the condition which the modern French psychologists have called the 'idee 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 'idee fixe' and under its influence be capable of any fantastic outrage."
Related terms
- monomaniac
Translations
See also
- idee fixe
- obsession
Finnish
Etymology
mono- +? -mania
Noun
monomania
- monomania
Declension
Anagrams
- monomaani
Italian
Etymology
From mono- +? -mania.
Noun
monomania f (plural monomanie)
- monomania
Related terms
- monomane
Anagrams
- annoiammo
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insanity
English
Etymology
A three-part word (root 'sane', prefix 'in-' meaning 'not', suffix '-ity', meaning 'the state of'). Derived from Latin precursory equivalents. Two possible candidates for construction order:
- insane +? -ity: ins?nus (“unhealthy; insane”) + -it?s
- Latin ins?nus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + sanus (“sound, sane”). Modern forms of roots: in- + sane
- in- +? sanity: in- (“lacking; without”) +? sanit?s (“health; sanity”)
- Latin sanit?s (“sound in mind; sane”), from s?nus + -it?s. Modern forms of roots: sane + -ity
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?sæn?ti/
Noun
insanity (countable and uncountable, plural insanities)
- The state of being insane; madness.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:insanity
Antonyms
- sanity
Related terms
- insane
Translations
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