MONOMANIA Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

monomania

noun

Definition of monomania

as in obsession

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Recent Examples of monomania In this opera about monomania and desperation, the stakes somehow seem low. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025 The monomania of getting into the sky transcends any barrier that puts him on the ground. — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2022 That moniker, which sits on the line between jokiness and monomania, captures the danger. — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2024 If the father of talk therapy aimed to mitigate our wanting’s intensity, Rorty sought to intervene in its monomania. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026 The entire plot of the movie spun out of his love for Princess Peach, and Black’s vocal performance was a delectable weave of monomania and insecurity. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026 Bernhard’s barely contained incestuous desires (The Loser is only one of a suite of works about brother-sister love and hate, alongside Correction, The Lime Works, and Concrete) are the product of individual psychologies run amok and turned back on themselves, the offshoots of artistic monomania. — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 The funny thing is, Austin fathered seven children in all, but only Dot, Betty and Helen were coerced into performing, and their father’s monomania is compared, quite alarmingly, to such bullying stage fathers as Murray Wilson (The Beach Boys) and Joe Jackson (The Jackson 5). — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026

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Noun

David Senra turned his obsession with studying great entrepreneurs into the podcast series Founders.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 July 2026
My latest obsession is Trader Joe’s new Spicy Pink Salt with Crushed Red Chili Pepper, which sells for only $2, and is admittedly easy to miss when roaming down the spice aisle.

— Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 6 July 2026

Definition of obsession

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We are encouraged to indulge our delusions about replacement theory and white male superiority and to surrender to our instincts toward incivility and division.

— Dawn M. Turner, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
As Lines’ delusions calcified, so did ChatGPT’s affirmations.

— Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 2 July 2026

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