monomania

  • 11Monomanía — En psiquiatría se denomina monomanía (del griego monos, uno , y mania, locura , acuñado por primera vez en francés por Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol en 1814) a un tipo de paranoia en el que el paciente sólo puede pensar en una idea o tipo de… …

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  • 12monomanía — (Del gr. monos, uno + mania, locura.) ► sustantivo femenino Obsesión por una sola idea o afición desmesurada hacia una cosa. * * * monomanía (de «mono » y « manía») 1 f. Psi. *Manía limitada a un solo orden de cosas. 2 Preocupación obsesiva por… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 13monomania — UK [ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə] / US [ˌmɑnoʊˈmeɪnɪə] noun [uncountable] Word forms monomania : singular monomania plural monomanias an extremely strong interest in one thing that influences the whole of someone s life in a negative way …

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  • 14monomanía — {{#}}{{LM M26396}}{{〓}} {{SynM27052}} {{[}}monomanía{{]}} ‹mo·no·ma·ní·a› {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} Preocupación o afición exageradas u obsesivas por algo. {{★}}{{\}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{/}} De mono (uno solo) y manía (manía, obsesión). {{#}}{{LM SynM27052}}{{〓}} …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 15monomania — noun /ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə,ˌmɑnoʊˈmeɪniə/ a) 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. b) A pathological …

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  • 16monomania — mon|o|ma|ni|a [ˌmɔnəuˈmeıniə US ˌma:nou ] n [U] formal a very strong interest in one particular idea or subject which prevents you from thinking about anything else ▪ an obsession with food that verged on monomania >monomaniac [ niæk] n …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17monomania — noun (U) an unusually strong interest in a particular idea or subject; obsession: the victims of a computing monomania monomaniac noun, adjective …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18monomania — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1823 1. mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought 2. excessive concentration on a single object or idea • monomaniac noun or adjective • monomaniacal adjective •… …

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  • 19monomania — monomaniac /mon euh may nee ak /, n. monomaniacal /mon euh meuh nuy euh keuhl/, adj. /mon euh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. 1. (no longer in technical use) a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas. 2. an… …

    Universalium

  • 20monomania — An obsession or abnormally extreme enthusiasm for a single idea or subject; a psychosis marked by the limitation of the symptoms rather strictly to a certain group, as the delusion in paranoia. [mono + G. mania, frenzy] * * * mono·ma·nia .män ə… …

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