The most monomaniacal and extreme of berlin dadaists, johannes baader is to dada what byron is to romanticism, ultimately inassimilable and heteroclitic among heteroclites. Monomania definition, no longer in technical use a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas. They suffer from a semireligious monomania which distracts attention from the major issues in their field like most blogs, the content is erratic, syncopated by the intrusions of daily life, random interests, monomania, narcissism and booze. Sentence with the word monomania it is the sort of malady which we call monomania, said the doctor. Chesterton his great wealth had clearly turned his brain, and made him a monomaniac. Happy lily, never to be saddled with an idee fixe, never to be in the grip of a monomania for happiness or love or fulfilment.
Essentially, monomania is a condition in which the sufferer is so focused on one idea or emotion that it. Suffering from monomania, the woman was convinced that the mexican pop star was in love with her even though. Morgans motley monstrous menagerie of miniskirts made by malaysians is a marvel. Parker displays the monomania that crucially marks off true artistry from mere dabbling. Mazzini, now openly hostile to the monarchy, was seized with a perfect monomania for insurrections, and promoted various small risings, the only effect of which.
Monomania definition of monomania by merriamwebster. This is just another example of contemporary political monomania in pictorial form ironically enough, his foray into racing was an attempt to ease. Suffering from monomania, the woman was convinced that the mexican pop star was in love with her even though they had never met. After his manumission, the former slave headed north to find his family. Domination by an overvalued idea, for example, staying thin in anorexia nervosa citation needed.
The sight of gold, the possession of gold, had become a monomania. Manumission of slaves was enacted after the civil war was over. Monomania definition of monomania by the free dictionary. Find words for monomania in spanish in this spanishenglish dictionary. Example sentence with the word monomania azdictionary. Many people were against manumission because they needed slaves to work their. Delusion that a particular man or woman is in love with the patient. Daphnes depravity descended deeper than depths of hades when she decided to declare derrick was a dumbass dumber than a doughnut. Intent concentration on or exaggerated enthusiasm for a single subject or idea. These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content. The home charlotte perkins gilman i understand that this becomes a monomania with a woman who lives in a rented house. Monomania meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. His bellowed antieurope diatribes breathe the monomania that still sets the conference afire.
In his monomania he could hear only their literal meaning. Thus, finally, ahab recognizes the monomania of his pursuit, but can do nothing about it. Monomania article about monomania by the free dictionary. But while monomania as a whole is an unpredictable fulfillment of an unforeseen whim, its deerhunters least revelatory and surprising album on a songbysong basis. Synonyms for monomania at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Marina van zuylen fruitfully combines psychological and literary issues, achieving a balance between attention to specific authors and a strong central argument. Such monomania has been useful to warriors since long before the silicon age. He suffers from a type of obsessive disorder, a monomania that makes him fixate on objects. He has that perverse, messianic purity associated with monomania. Sentence examples in the worst sense, he was a monomaniacal martinet whose focus on his bailiwick to the exclusion of everything else is phenomenal. A maniac had gouged several holes in the priceless painting. Find words for monomania in english in this spanishenglish dictionary.
Monomania dictionary definition monomania defined yourdictionary. Monomania as a defense for crime has brought expert evidence into great disrepute. My only boy couldnt leave his lady, well uh come on boy let me show you that uh if you wanna be with me, hey i can be your home away. Monomania nobody loves you like i love you is the fifth track on findlays debut album forgotten pleasures.
He never could be cured, the doctors said, for he had what they called monomania, was always talking about his wife and darter that somebody had stole away years ago, and plannin revenge on that somebody. Monomania definition is mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought. Ill just preface by saying that i absolutely love deerhunter. It is not probable that this monomania in him took its instant rise at the precise time of his bodily dismemberment.
Ironically enough, his foray into racing was an attempt to ease off from a life of monomania, to prepare for retirement by finding new interests. The atlantabased band feels like a mad scientist, throwing together genres, tropes, instruments, and ideas into a. Monomania is highly original, deeply learned, intelligent, and thoughtful. William atherton eats some scenery as the monomaniacal federal prosecutor. But the monomania was on him, and he started for the island in disguise. Monomania is an abnormal obsession with a single thought or. Can anyone give me sentences for the words monomania. Tradition has decided that only half of humanity shall be monomaniac.
Without, i trust, any abatement of my affectionate solicitude for him as a friend, i began to regard him as a patient, rich in possibilities of profitable study. In wuthering heights the reader is not given a lengthy description of what monomania really is, the word is simply put in a sentence and only mentioned once the entire book. Quotes tagged as monomania showing 14 of 4 to muse for long unwearied hours with my attention riveted to some frivolous device upon the margin, or in the typography of a book to become absorbed for the better part of a summers day in a quaint shadow falling aslant upon the tapestry, or upon the floor to lose. I should rather say that his intense folly has taken the form of monomania. And the results of this monomaniacal fixation on race and skin color. The main area of the mind being occupied with a few people and their affairs, a tendency to monomania appears. Monomaniac definition, no longer in technical use a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas. Heathcliff is in wuthering heights depicted as a monomaniac in regards to his singleminded obsession with cathy, about her i wont speak.
He never could be cured, the doctors said, for he had what they called. Perhaps this was my own imagination, but at any rate i was now persuaded that my friend was afflicted with a most singular and interesting monomania. When manumission happened on the plantation, all the slaves were freed. Monomania definition and meaning collins english dictionary. The monomania of the haunted man gripped him and would not release him. A maniac driver sped 35 miles along the wrong side of a motorway at 110 mph. Stream tracks and playlists from monomania on your desktop or mobile device. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word monomania. Monomania is an emotional or mental disorder that impacts the ability of the individual to interact with his or her environment in a balanced and productive manner. This song is about the overwhelming obsession that. Findlay monomania nobody loves you like i love you. They suffer from a semireligious monomania which distracts attention from the major issues in their field.
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