monomania
One-track mind
Monomania is obsessive focus on a single idea, subject, or pursuit to an unhealthy degree.
Once a psychiatric term for partial insanity centered on one fixation, it now describes any consuming preoccupation: His monomania about vintage guitars had taken over the garage.
A monomaniac pursues their obsession with tunnel vision, neglecting everything else.
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- idée fixePersistent dominating thought
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
single-mindedness · engrossment · absorption · tunnel vision · one-track mind · besottedness · captivation · enthrallment
Intense emotional intensity
- zealIntense driving devotion
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- passionIntense emotional drive
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
enthusiasm · dedication · devotion · relentlessness · doggedness · tenacity · perseverance · determination
Stubbornly held false belief
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- neurosisFunctional mental disorder
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- derangementDisturbed mental state
Inability to see periphery
- blindersFlaps limiting peripheral vision
- myopiaBlurry distance vision
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
- closed-mindednessRefusal to consider other views
one-sidedness · rigidity · inflexibility · exclusivity · blindness · limited perspective · selective attention
fixation
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- idée fixePersistent dominating thought
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
fascination · single-mindedness · engrossment · absorption · tunnel vision · one-track mind · besottedness · captivation · enthrallment · hobby horse
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
fanaticism · enthusiasm · dedication · devotion · relentlessness · doggedness · tenacity · perseverance · determination · steadfastness
delusion
Stubbornly held false belief
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- neurosisFunctional mental disorder
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
derangement · personality disorder · Don Quixote · Ahab · megalomaniac
tunnel vision
Inability to see periphery
- blindersFlaps limiting peripheral vision
- myopiaBlurry distance vision
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
closed-mindedness · one-sidedness · rigidity · inflexibility · exclusivity · blindness · limited perspective · selective attention
urge
Strong inner drive
addiction · dependence · hankering · itch · longing · yearning
- obsessionsobsession, fixation, preoccupation, infatuation, compulsion
- fanaticismfanaticism, zealotry, zealot, fanatic, extremism
- Maniasbibliomania, dipsomania, erotomania, mythomania, nymphomania
- obsessionobsession, fixation, compulsion, preoccupation, infatuation
- Old Ailmentsconsumption, dropsy, ague, apoplexy, phthisis
- intense emotionsrage, fury, wrath, anger, hatred
monomaniadistractibility
Proneness to shifting focus
unfocused · dilettantism · absent-mindedness · divided attention · restlessness
monomaniaapathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · disinterest · unconcern · detachment · dispassion
monomaniaequanimity
Unshakable mental steadiness
equilibrium · level-headedness · sanity · stability · open-mindedness