đơn ý
Definition
- Adjective (Psychology/Psychiatry):
- Monoideistic: Pertaining to or characterized by a single, dominant, and persistent idea or train of thought that occupies the mind to the exclusion of others. This is a technical term often found in historical or specialized medical literature.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Bệnh nhân có biểu hiện đơn ý, luôn nói về một mối lo duy nhất. (The patient exhibited a monoideistic condition, always talking about a single worry.)
- Trạng thái đơn ý thường được mô tả trong các tài liệu tâm thần học cổ điển. (The monoideistic state is often described in classical psychiatric literature.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is highly specialized and archaic in modern English psychological discourse. Contemporary equivalents would be more descriptive phrases.
- It may be used in academic contexts when discussing historical texts or specific, narrow psychological phenomena.
Variants and Related Words
- Ý định đơn thuần (n): A single, pure intention. (Note: This is a different, more common compound phrase meaning "simple intention" and is not a direct variant of the specialized term "đơn ý").
Synonyms
- Monomaniacal: Obsessed with a single idea or subject. (This is a more common, though not perfectly identical, term in modern usage).
- Fixed idea: A persistent, preoccupying thought.
- Idée fixe: A French term used in English meaning an obsessive idea.
Notes on Usage
- "Đơn ý" is an extremely rare and technical term in Vietnamese, directly borrowed from the French medical term . It is not used in everyday conversation.
- Learners are far more likely to encounter descriptive phrases like (obsessed with one thought) or (fixed thinking) in modern contexts.
- When encountered, it almost exclusively refers to a pathological psychological state described in medical or historical texts.