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Recent Examples of monomania
Coaches and judges exacerbated students’ monomania.
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Tess McNulty, Harper's Magazine, 10 Aug. 2022
Because as is now clear, Putin’s monomania about controlling Ukraine—its military, its economy, its entire sovereignty—stems not from security arrangements, but from pure, unadulterated neo-imperialism, and a desire to reclaim territories Putin believes belong to Moscow.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2022
The monomania of getting into the sky transcends any barrier that puts him on the ground.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2022
In conceiving the project, Fournier and Marty invented a backstory and built their décor around it with the zany monomania of a Wes Anderson movie.
—Joshua Levine, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018
The textualist monomania seems to grate especially on Ginsburg, who was famously close with Scalia.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Daily Intelligencer, 28 May 2018
Fischer’s defiant monomania already had many worried during his adolescence.
—Ann Hulbert, Time, 10 Jan. 2018
There are a few problems with the notion that Trump is to blame for our collective political monomania.
—Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019
Polar monomania is the subject and driving force behind this curious book, a composite of capsule history, essays and fictionalized memoir.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 8 June 2018
Tess McNulty, Harper's Magazine, 10 Aug. 2022
Because as is now clear, Putin’s monomania about controlling Ukraine—its military, its economy, its entire sovereignty—stems not from security arrangements, but from pure, unadulterated neo-imperialism, and a desire to reclaim territories Putin believes belong to Moscow.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2022
The monomania of getting into the sky transcends any barrier that puts him on the ground.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2022
In conceiving the project, Fournier and Marty invented a backstory and built their décor around it with the zany monomania of a Wes Anderson movie.
—Joshua Levine, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018
The textualist monomania seems to grate especially on Ginsburg, who was famously close with Scalia.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Daily Intelligencer, 28 May 2018
Fischer’s defiant monomania already had many worried during his adolescence.
—Ann Hulbert, Time, 10 Jan. 2018
There are a few problems with the notion that Trump is to blame for our collective political monomania.
—Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019
Polar monomania is the subject and driving force behind this curious book, a composite of capsule history, essays and fictionalized memoir.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 8 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monomania
Noun
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Being a theater kid, truly great technical singers are still an obsession for me, and Paula Cole is one of the greatest technical singers in history, and that’s not an overstatement.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
30 Jan. 2025
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Now, watch a ballerina's entire routine: Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In a moment of delusion, Simon cooks up a scheme to get Wei-Tung married and secure their friend Wei-Wei a green card.—
Sadie Collins,
Them,
24 Jan. 2025
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Being able to make tactical adjustments or create a match environment that the stronger opponent doesn’t enjoy is one thing; when that isn’t possible, maintaining self-belief often tips towards delusion.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Arachnophobia, the clinical term for a , is one of the world's most common phobias.—
Jack Beresford,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Sad to say, each of these phobias have been exploited by corporate and government interests to cut down forests in a cynical ploy to tame wild nature.—
Josh Schlossberg,
The Denver Post,
22 Dec. 2024
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“Monomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monomania. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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