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Definition of Monomaniacal
1. Adjective. Obsessed with a single subject or idea.
Definition of Monomaniacal
1. Adjective. Fanatical, or obsessed with one cause or idea to the exclusion of other concerns. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to a monomaniac. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monomaniacal
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Monomaniacal
1. Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion. Origin: Cf. F. Monomaniaque. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monomaniacal
Literary usage of Monomaniacal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of mental diseases by William Bevan Lewis (1890)
"... and Melancholic Forms—Consecutive Dementia—Delusional Insanity—Genesis of
monomaniacal States—Environmental Resistance—Transformation Completed—Mystic ..."
2. The Letters of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Georgina Hogarth, Mamie Dickens (1879)
"Down in the Strand here, the monomaniacal tricks it is playing are grievous to
behold, but along Fleet Street and Cheapside it gradually becomes frenzied, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Same as monomaniacal, Instinctive monomania, the excessive tendency to do some
... Patients confess that they have been under the influence of monomaniacal ..."
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