Meaning & use

monomaniac

noun·Advanced

A person who is obsessively fixated on a single idea, goal, or subject.

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Colleagues joked that he was a monomaniac about efficiency, timing every task down to the second.

The character is portrayed as a monomaniac driven only by revenge.

A note on using this word

Monomaniac is often used with mild exaggeration or humor to describe someone intensely focused on one thing.

Words with a similar meaning

fanaticobsessive

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