monomaniac

• “Nothing could be more just than to class him as a monomaniac, for he was one, if by the word monomaniac we designate every man who is dominated by a fixed idea.”

  Là-bas

• “I'd be more than happy to see a few more members of Congress with their "monomaniac" commitment to the democratic process.”

  Newsweek: MAIL CALL

• “Though "monomaniac" was a little harsh, it wasn't all that unfair, and frankly good for you for being one.”

  Rostropovich and Shostakovich, Round 2

• “I became a monomaniac there for a while, in service of my need to become a winemaker.”

  The New York Cork Report:

• “What McNally presents us with, however, is a monomaniac diva who pontificates about art, bitches about fellow singers and witheringly puts down the three students she confronts.”

  The Guardian: Master Class – review

• “Even when mainstream voters share Tory instincts about the European Union, the way that Tories express them has often made the party look disturbingly monomaniac.”

  The Guardian: The Tory Eurosceptics are on a roll. So why are they still so cross? | Andrew Rawnsley

• “You can work hard and be intensely interested in your research without being a monomaniac.”

  Archive 2008-03-01

• “Until his own life falls apart because of his monomaniac focus on Black.”

  Readings & Watchings 4 « It Doesn't Have To Be Right…

• “Anne Royall 1769 – 1854 a hero of feminism… but in her day… she was “called a virago and a monomaniac” - now that such things are “normalized” we can celebrate her without a concern.”

  Prager on the 2010 election

• “This woman might, for all I knew, be a monomaniac.”

  Fictionaut: Sole Music

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