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In natural English speech, "monomania" appears in contexts such as: "And my project had been to pull 200 objects out of the dump that were at least somewhat identifiable and spend what became an increasing amount of time monomaniacally researching where they were made, why they were made, what they're made out of. Do they have commercials on YouTube that you can watch?". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ˌmɑnoʊˈmeɪni.ə/

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And my project had been to pull 200 objects out of the dump that were at least somewhat identifiable and spend what became an increasing amount of time

monomaniacally researching where they were made, why they were made, what they're made out of.

Do they have commercials on YouTube that you can watch?

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noun

Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.

“It was apparent to all but himself that what was once idle curiosity had become a monomania.”

noun

A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea.

““There are no limits to the possibilities of monomania,” I answered. “There is the condition which the modern French psychologists have called the ‘idée fixe,’ which may be trifling in character, and accompanied by complete sanity in every other way. A man who had read deeply about Napoleon, or who had possibly received some hereditary family injury through the great war, might conceivably form such an ‘idée fixe’ and under its influence be capable of any fantastic outrage.””

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