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MAW-no-MAY-nee-a
noun
incredible focus or obsession with a single thing
1888On the Strength of a LikenessHannasyde's particular monomania was his old love, Alice Chisane.1915Of Human BondageHe thought of it constantly, so that it became a monomania.1917The TombThe physician with the iron-grey beard who comes each day to my room, once told a visitor that this decision marked the beginning of a pitiful monomania; but I will leave final judgment to my readers when they shall have learnt all.Labels: H. P. Lovecraft, Rudyard Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham
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