Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person suffering from monomania: A "monomaniac" is an individual who has an obsessive focus on a single idea, subject, or interest to an unhealthy or pathological degree. This term is often used in historical or literary contexts to describe a character or person with an all-consuming passion or fixation.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The novel's villain was portrayed as a monomaniac, obsessed with revenge to the exclusion of all else.
  • Historians have sometimes described certain inventors as monomaniacs, completely devoted to their work.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used pejoratively or critically to suggest that someone's single-minded focus is irrational or harmful.
  • His monomaniac pursuit of perfection eventually alienated his entire team.

Variants and Related Words

• Monomania (n): The condition itself; an obsession with a single thing.
  • His monomania for collecting stamps took over his life.
• Monomaniacal (adj): Describing a state or behavior characteristic of a monomaniac.
  • She worked with monomaniacal intensity on the project.

Synonyms

• Fanatic: A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal.
• Obsessive: A person who is overly preoccupied with a particular thing.
• Zealot: A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their ideals.

Related Idioms

• To have a one-track mind: To be obsessed with or able to think about only one thing.
  • When it comes to his research, he has a complete one-track mind.
• To be possessed by an idea: To be completely controlled by a single thought or goal.
  • He was utterly possessed by the idea of finding the lost city.

Noun

1. a person suffering from monomania