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monomania (n.)

"insanity in regard to a single subject or class of subjects; mental action perverted to a specific delusion or an impulse to do a particular thing," 1820, probably on model of earlier French monomanie (1819), from Modern Latin monomania, from Greek monos "single, alone" (from PIE root *men- (4) "small, isolated") + mania (see mania).

Men of one idea, like a hen with one chicken, and that a duckling. [Thoreau, "Walden"]

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Definitions of monomania from WordNet

monomania (n.)
a mania restricted to one thing or idea;
Synonyms: possession
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