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Meanings of
monomania
in English
Portuguese
monomania
Catalan
monomania
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A mania restricted to one thing or idea.
possession
Portuguese
monomania
Usage of
monomania
in English
1
A hobby is the happy medium between a passion and a
monomania
.
2
It became with him, during the weeks before its appearance, a
monomania
.
3
Some people have a
monomania
for one thing and some for another.
4
It's a
monomania
with him to think he is possessed of documents.
5
They dream of landed property; it is their fixed idea, their fruitful
monomania
.
6
And soon the king unconcernedly gazed; his
monomania
having departed as a dream.
7
In these men, the cherished and amiable
monomania
of gifted minds was realized.
8
He thought of it constantly, so that it became a
monomania
.
9
One would almost suppose that it was a sort of
monomania
with you.
10
He was sleepless, excitable, and possessed by the
monomania
of persecution.
11
But you have to salute the skill with which Li's
monomania
is executed.
12
No doubt she was mentally deranged, and her special craze was religious
monomania
.
13
The shadow of Rousseau's
monomania
will be felt thick upon them:-
14
He is said to have been a virtuous youth, whose
monomania
was shooting.
15
I should fall into a
monomania
,
and one of a very loathsome kind.'
16
In another age, Galton's
monomania
with quantification might have made him a freak.
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monomania
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
become a monomania
own monomania
religious monomania
accuse of monomania
almost monomania
More collocations
Translations for
monomania
Portuguese
monomania
Catalan
monomania
Monomania
through the time
Monomania
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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