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Frenzy vs Monomania - What's the difference?

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Frenzy is a related term of monomania.


As nouns the difference between frenzy and monomania

is that frenzy is a state of wild activity or panic while monomania is excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.

As an adjective frenzy

is (obsolete) mad; frantic.

As a verb frenzy

is (uncommon) to render frantic.

frenzy

English

Alternative forms

* phrenzy, phrensy (obsolete)

Noun

(frenzies)
  • A state of wild activity or panic.
    • She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.
  • A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.
  • * Addison
    • All else is towering frenzy and distraction.
  • * William Shakespeare, ''A midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, scene 1:
    • The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.

    Derived terms

    * feeding frenzy

    Related terms

    * frantic * frenetic * frenzied

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Mad; frantic.
  • * 1678 John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress :
    • They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.

    Verb

  • (uncommon) To render frantic.

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    monomania

    English

    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.
  • A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea.

    • Quotations

    * 1905 — *: "There are no limits to the possibilities of monomania ," I answered. "There is the condition which the modern French psychologists have called the 'idee 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 'idee fixe' and under its influence be capable of any fantastic outrage."

    Related terms

    * monomaniac

    See also

    * idee fixe * obsession English words suffixed with -mania ----