Lunacy vs Monomania - What's the difference?
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(of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
# a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases
# insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
Something deeply misguided.
Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.
A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea.
As nouns the difference between lunacy and monomania
is that lunacy is the state of being mad, insanity while monomania is excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.lunacy
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* (state of being mad) insanityDerived terms
* lunaticmonomania
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- It was apparent to all but himself that what was once idle curiosity had become a monomania.