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monomaniac

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪæk/US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌmɑnəˈmeɪniˌæk/

mon•o•ma•ni•a /ˌmɑnəˈmeɪniə, -ˈmeɪnyə/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

an overwhelming interest or zeal in a single thing:The captain's monomania was authority.

mon•o•ma•ni•ac /ˌmɑnəˈmeɪniˌæk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

mon•o•ma•ni•a (mon′ə mā′nē ə, -mān′yə),USA pronunciation n.

(no longer in technical use) a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas.
an inordinate or obsessive zeal for or interest in a single thing, idea, subject, or the like.

Neo-Latin; see mono-, -mania
1815–25;

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