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monomaniac

UK
/ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪæk/
US
/ˌmɑːnəˈmeɪniæk/

Traduzioni

monomaniacnoun
monomaniacs
pl
UK
/ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪæk/
US
/ˌmɑːnəˈmeɪniæk/
The monomaniac was obsessed with collecting rare stamps.
Мономан был одержим коллекционированием редких марок.
Traduzioni aggiuntive
монофоб
Sinonimi
fanatic
obsessive
enthusiast
zealot
maniac
monomaniacadjective
more monomaniac
Comp.
most monomaniac
Super.
UK
/ˌmɒn.əˈmeɪ.ni.æk/
US
/ˌmɑː.nəˈmeɪ.ni.æk/
Used attributively to modify nouns, e.g. 'monomaniac obsession'.
Sinonimi
preoccupied
single-issue
fanatical
obsessed
single-focused
monomaniacal
obsessive
single-minded
one-track-minded
fixated

Definizioni

monomaniacnoun
A person who is obsessed with a single idea or subject.
The artist was considered a monomaniac, as he spent all his time painting the same landscape over and over again.
A person diagnosed with monomania; a patient exhibiting pathological obsession with one idea (dated, psychiatry).
In 19th-century asylums, a monomaniac might be confined for an irrational but limited fixation.
monomaniacadjective
Characterized by or exhibiting an excessive obsession with a single idea or subject.
His monomaniac focus on chess left little time for friends.
Relating to or affected by monomania; monomanical (dated, psychiatry).
The clinician observed several monomaniac symptoms in the patient’s speech.
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